[webkit-dev] We should rename layoutTestController to testController

2012-05-31 Thread Darin Adler
I am thinking we should rename layoutTestController to testController. Or if you don’t like that name, maybe testHarness or some even better name. The old name is too long and the word “layout” is so strange. We could expose the object under the new name and the old one, and then over time conv

Re: [webkit-dev] We should rename layoutTestController to testController

2012-05-31 Thread Jacob Goldstein
On 5/31/12 11:56 AM, "Darin Adler" wrote: >I am thinking we should rename layoutTestController to testController. Or >if you don¹t like that name, maybe testHarness or some even better name. testHarness is probably not a good choice as the W3C JavaScript framework that recently landed in WebK

Re: [webkit-dev] We should rename layoutTestController to testController

2012-05-31 Thread Ojan Vafai
testController seems fine to me. I agree it's an improvement. On the other hand there are other tasks that have more benefit in terms of code maintenance for people wanting to spend time working in this area. A couple ideas: - Move more APIs that only depend WebCore code to internals. Reduces

Re: [webkit-dev] We should rename layoutTestController to testController

2012-05-31 Thread Ryosuke Niwa
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Darin Adler wrote: > I am thinking we should rename layoutTestController to testController. Or > if you don’t like that name, maybe testHarness or some even better name. > "testController" seems like a misnomer since it doesn't really control the test itself. I

Re: [webkit-dev] We should rename layoutTestController to testController

2012-05-31 Thread Ryosuke Niwa
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Ojan Vafai wrote: > testController seems fine to me. I agree it's an improvement. > > On the other hand there are other tasks that have more benefit in terms of > code maintenance for people wanting to spend time working in this area. A > couple ideas: > >- M

Re: [webkit-dev] We should rename layoutTestController to testController

2012-05-31 Thread Dan Bernstein
On May 31, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Ryosuke Niwa wrote: > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Darin Adler wrote: > I am thinking we should rename layoutTestController to testController. Or if > you don’t like that name, maybe testHarness or some even better name. > > "testController" seems like a mis

Re: [webkit-dev] We should rename layoutTestController to testController

2012-05-31 Thread Jesus Sanchez-Palencia
2012/5/31 Ojan Vafai : > testController seems fine to me. I agree it's an improvement. > > On the other hand there are other tasks that have more benefit in terms of > code maintenance for people wanting to spend time working in this area. A > couple ideas: > > Move more APIs that only depend WebCo

Re: [webkit-dev] We should rename layoutTestController to testController

2012-05-31 Thread Jesus Sanchez-Palencia
2012/5/31 Dan Bernstein : > > On May 31, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Ryosuke Niwa wrote: > > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Darin Adler wrote: >> >> I am thinking we should rename layoutTestController to testController. Or >> if you don’t like that name, maybe testHarness or some even better name. > >

Re: [webkit-dev] We should rename layoutTestController to testController

2012-05-31 Thread Ojan Vafai
Darin, sorry for derailing this thread. I suppose I should have changed the subject. :) On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Jesus Sanchez-Palencia wrote: > Just a heads-up: there is a meta bug tracking this at > https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87284 . > > A few folks have been going through

Re: [webkit-dev] We should rename layoutTestController to testController

2012-05-31 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
On May 31, 2012, at 3:11 PM, Ryosuke Niwa wrote: > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Darin Adler wrote: > I am thinking we should rename layoutTestController to testController. Or if > you don’t like that name, maybe testHarness or some even better name. > > "testController" seems like a misn

Re: [webkit-dev] We should rename layoutTestController to testController

2012-05-31 Thread Ryosuke Niwa
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > > On May 31, 2012, at 3:11 PM, Ryosuke Niwa wrote: > > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Darin Adler wrote: > >> I am thinking we should rename layoutTestController to testController. Or >> if you don’t like that name, maybe testHarness

Re: [webkit-dev] We should rename layoutTestController to testController

2012-06-03 Thread Ryosuke Niwa
Posted a patch to expose layoutTestController as testRunner on https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88210 - Ryosuke On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Darin Adler wrote: > I am thinking we should rename layoutTestController to testController. Or > if you don’t like that name, maybe testHarnes