Re: [Tsp-devel] A test campaign manager for dtest

[T. Decherf]

Frederik Deweerdt a écrit :
> I've got a few questions/remarks:
>
> - IMHO, this should be part of the dtest distribution
> - Would'nt YAML[1] be more flexible than XML? e.g. :
We headed to XML because the language is well known and well structured.
But YAML is a good choice also, we could use it as well.
>     server_ip: [1.1.1.1]
>     client_ip: [2.2.2.2, 3.3.3.3, 4.4.4.4]
Yes, interesting.
>     tests:                 # Anything not being 'tests' is
>                     # passed to the tested object as-is ...
>     - /home/test/test1:
>            server_ip: [5.5.5.5]     # ... unless it is overloaded
>     - /home/test/test2:
>     - /home/test/test3:
> this would lessen the tests's burden of parameter parsing. We could in
> particular avoid:
> <parameter name="client_ip1" value="2.2.2.2"/>
> <parameter name="client_ip2" value="2.2.2.2"/>
Overloading would probably be convenient but wouldn't it be clearer
to keep it simple. What kind of need would you have in doing this?

Regards,
Thomas