Help name the test project!

David Malcolm dmalcolm at redhat.com
Fri Jun 16 16:57:34 UTC 2006


Will Woods wrote:
> Hello Fedorans! I need your help.
> 
> I've started putting info about the Fedora testing project on the wiki -
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraTesting - but I've got a problem.
> 
> "Fedora Testing" just isn't a very inspiring project name. It's supposed
> to encompass a lot more than just testing Fedora - it wants to be a
> project (under the auspices of the Fedora community) to create and
> promote testing tools and methods for Open Source Software in general.
> We want to test everything! We want to make "Fedora" and "Open Source"
> synonymous with "rock-solid". 
> 
> So "Fedora Testing" just doesn't feel like enough to me.
> 
> Even more problematic is the Open Sourcing of Red Hat's automated test
> system, which they have named RHTS - Red Hat Test Suite. Surely we can
> come up with a more inspiring name for a massive automated software test
> suite/harness/system.
> 
> Good names would be short, fairly unique, not trademarked, and it would
> be nice to avoid unpronounceable acronyms (like RHTS, XML-RPC, HTTP,
> USB, etc). Dogtail and Mugshot are a couple of good recent examples from
> Red Hat.
> 
> Here are some possible project names:
> Proof
> Cassandra
> Witness
> FTL (Fedora Test League / Faster Than Light)
Where do I get my spandex jumpsuit and cape?
> 
> And some names for an automated test suite:
> Turnstile (keeps the RHTS abbreviation for easy rebranding)
> Giant Testing Robot (GTR or testbot for short?)

So if the tests API is named "Giant", then the tests become "Giant 
Tests", and the thing that runs them is the "Giant Test Robot" - I like it!

> 
> So - does anyone have a good name for these things? We need your help!
> We can't start mailing lists and websites without a good name!
> 
> -w
> 




More information about the fedora-test-list mailing list