Re: Exeter testing, next steps

[Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>]

On Wed, 6 Aug 2025 11:11:24 +1000
David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 05, 2025 at 09:52:41AM +0200, Stefano Brivio wrote:
> >
> > > If we can start introducing some exeter tests, the next step would be
> > > to work on the support library stuff for constructing more complex
> > > network environments from namespaces.  I have draft series with this
> > > as well, but I was looking at splitting it into another mini-project
> > > (tentative name "sinte" - Simulated Inter Network Test Environment).  
> > 
> > Neat! That sounds like the juicy part and surely one part we really
> > miss at this point. I would go as far as proposing PESTO (playground
> > environment simplifies test orchestration / spurs test opportunities)
> > but "sinte" sounds good to me as well.  
> 
> I kind of love the "pesto" acronym, but the proposed expansions don't
> quite work for me though: they don't say anything specifically about
> networking, and it's really not about test orchestration - this is
> about how to write a single test.

I couldn't come up with much better (and didn't get to actually review
the patches) yet, but I just wanted to quickly mention that by
"orchestration" I was referring to juggling namespaces and virtual
machines (at some point...?) with virtual links around, within a single
test.

And maybe at some point networking could be marginal in the whole thing.

> The infuriating thing is I'm pretty sure I came up with a much better
> tentative name months ago, and then forgot it.

I know you meant it for something else, but I'm wondering if you're
referring to NUDEL perhaps.

-- 
Stefano