> On May 10, 2017, at 2:51 AM, Konstantin Tokarev <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 10.05.2017, 12:42, "Ryosuke Niwa" <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>>:
>  <x-redundant-cluster-toggle://0> <x-redundant-cluster-toggle://0>On Wed, May 
> 10, 2017 at 2:14 AM, Ryosuke Niwa < 
> <x-redundant-cluster-toggle://0>[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 
> wrote:
>>>  On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 12:02 AM, Maciej Stachowiak <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>  IntegrationTests doesn't distinguish them from performance tests, or API
>>>>  tests. And most test integration only incidentally. FunctionalTests 
>>>> doesn't
>>>>  distinguish them from any of the other kinds of tests besides performance
>>>>  tests.
>>>>  I think just plain Tests is better than calling out a characteristic that
>>>>  isn't actually unique. It's by far the most common type of test we have, 
>>>> so
>>>>  it's ok for it to be the unmarked category.
>>>  The problem with Tests is that it competes with Tools.
>>>  (Renaming Tools is a lot harder not to mention it's a pretty
>>>  descriptive name already).
>>>  How about CorrectnessTests or CoreTests then?
>> I guess another name along this line would be RegressionTests.
> 
>> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 2:14 AM, Ryosuke Niwa <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>  On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 12:02 AM, Maciej Stachowiak <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>  IntegrationTests doesn't distinguish them from performance tests, or API
>>>>  tests. And most test integration only incidentally. FunctionalTests 
>>>> doesn't
>>>>  distinguish them from any of the other kinds of tests besides performance
>>>>  tests.
>>>> 
>>>>  I think just plain Tests is better than calling out a characteristic that
>>>>  isn't actually unique. It's by far the most common type of test we have, 
>>>> so
>>>>  it's ok for it to be the unmarked category.
>>> 
>>>  The problem with Tests is that it competes with Tools.
>>>  (Renaming Tools is a lot harder not to mention it's a pretty
>>>  descriptive name already).

It has a two-letter disambiguation at least, which is better than what you get 
for WebCore / WebKit / WebKit2.

>>> 
>>>  How about CorrectnessTests or CoreTests then?
>> 
>> I guess another name along this line would be RegressionTests.

Most of our other tests are also regression tests.

> 
> Why not just keep historical name, so nobody is confused what is what?

CoreTests is brief and descriptive IMO. But I agree that LayoutTests is ok, 
even though it's not quite accurate any more.

> 
>> 
>>>>  I think the only names that are both accurate and unique are likely to be
>>>>  bad for autocomplete (WebTests, WebContentTests, etc).
>>> 
>>>  I guess we can also move WebKit.xcworkspace into Source, and rename
>>>  WebKitLibraries to SystemInterfaceLibraries (and maybe move into
>>>  Source), and then move Websites into Tools.
>>> 
>>>  - R. Niwa
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> Konstantin

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