[LTP] [PATCH 0/3] New API: Rename LTP_IPC_PATH -> TST_IPC_PATH
Petr Vorel
pvorel@suse.cz
Wed Aug 25 12:23:44 CEST 2021
Hi Cyril, Joerg,
> Hi!
> > > As it is it's pretty clear where the environment variable comes from, if
> > > we rename it to TST_IPC_PATH it's not obvious that this has been
> > > exported by LTP test.
> > I was thinking about it as well (just forget to write that into cover letter).
> > > Generally things that are visible on the running system tends to be
> > > prefixed with LTP_ or ltp_ rather than TST_ or tst_...
> > Sure. I just thought that LTP_ is for variables which are expected to be set by
> > user. But let's keep the old name. How about the first commit (cleanup)?
> There is no such rule I guess.
> It has been case by case, for instance we do have KCONFIG_PATH which we
> agreed on with the testing community to be a canonical variable name
> that is shared between different frameworks.
Ah, thanks for info. Obviously there cannot be rules for everything :).
Thanks both for your time.
Kind regards,
Petr
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