[Gluster-devel] Proposal for Gluster 3.5: New test framework

[Vijay Bellur]

On 08/12/2013 10:37 PM, Justin Clift wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> For Gluster 3.5, I'd like to propose we get some kind of
> *multi-node* testing framework in place for Gluster.
>
> The existing test framework is single node only, which
> doesn't fit well for a distributed file system.
>
> I've recently looked into Autotest in depth, but ruled
> it out since it's:
>
>   * Linux only (ugh)
>   * Very hard to figure out for newbies
>   * Close to zero documentation
>   * Opaque/unreadable source
>   * Painful to work with :(
>
> Potentially we could use STAF (staf.sourceforge.net).
> I've not investigated this in depth yet, but from it's
> website it's:
>
>   * Cross Platform
>     http://staf.sourceforge.net/current/STAFFAQ.htm#d0e36
>
>   * Seems like extensive documentation, and usable with
>     several languages:
>     http://staf.sourceforge.net/current/STAFPython.htm
>
>   * Seems like a _reasonably_ active Community
>     http://sourceforge.net/p/staf/mailman/staf-users/
>
> I'll put this info into a Feature Page if people think
> it's worth writing up and taking further.
>

+1. I think this would be really nice to have.

-Vijay