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On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 1:18 PM, melanie witt <melwittt at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Feb 24, 2015, at 9:47, Sean Dague <sean at dague.net> wrote:
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> > I'm happy if there are other theories about how we do these things,
> > being the first functional test in the python-novaclient tree that
> > creates and destroys real resources, there isn't an established pattern
> > yet. But I think doing all CLI calls in CLI tests is actually really
> > cumbersome, especially in the amount of output parsing code needed if
> > you are going to setup any complicated resource structure.
>
> I think I'm in agreement with the pattern you describe.
>
> I imagine having a set of functional tests for the API, that don't do any
> CLI calls at all. With that we test that the API works properly. Then have
> a separate set for the CLI, which only calls CLI for the command being
> tested, everything else to set up and tear down the test done by API calls.
> This would be done with the rationale that because the entire API
> functionality is tested separately, we can safely use it for setup/teardown
> with the intent to isolate the CLI test to the command being tested and
> avoid introducing side effects from the CLI commands.
>
> But I suppose one could make the same argument for using CLI everywhere
> (if they are all tested, they can also be trusted not to introduce side
> effects). I tend to favor using the API because it's the most bare bones
> setup/teardown we could use. At the same time I understand the idea of
> performing an entire test using the CLI, as a way of replicating the
> experience a real user might have using the CLI, from start to end. I don't
> think I feel strongly either way.


 I guess its time to revisit the actual status of novaclient and if we want
to actively move away from it to openstacksdk/OSC as well. If we are
actively trying to move away from novaclient, using the python API as much
as possible makes a lot of sense.



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> For the --poll stuff, I agree the API should have it and the CLI uses it.
> And with and without "poll" functionality should be tested separately, API
> and CLI.
>
> melanie (melwitt)
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