[Automated-testing] Test definition for CKI

[Tim.Bird at sony.com]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nikolai Kondrashov 
> On 10/20/19 2:50 AM, Tim.Bird at sony.com wrote:
> > Veronika or Nikolai,
> >
> > I'm putting together information for my test definition talk at ATS,
> > and I'd like to make sure I've got the information for CKI correct.
> >
> > I've been using the repository:
> > https://github.com/CKI-project/tests-beaker.git
> >
> > I seem to recall hearing about a meta-data field that referenced the source
> files or lines,
> > that was intended to be used as part of the trigger mechanism for a test.
> > This was during your talk at Plumbers. I looked at the slides from
> > plumbers here:
> >
> https://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/event/4/contributions/287/attachment
> s/213/468/red_hat_joins_ci_party.pdf
> > and I see what I think I recall on slide 177, under pattern:sources.
> >
> > I don't see where this "Suite Data" file is or where it comes from.
> Apparently it's in a "KPET-DB"?
> > And it looks like the file format is yaml.
> > Is there a public repository where I could look at some more examples of
> this file,
> > for my test definition analysis?  Or, if not, would it be possible to send me
> one or
> > two representative examples of this, for different tests run by CKI?
> 
> Veronika outlined the situation well. We have a few plans to publish kpet-db.
> Meanwhile you could use the (redacted) data from the slides, but also you
> could take a look at the example suite we have in the repo, which describes
> what goes where (attached).

OK - this is also very helpful - especially with the comments describing the fields.
Between these two files (the one from Veronika and yours), and the example
in the presentation, I think I have all the information needed for my analysis.

Thanks!
 -- Tim