Re: [PATCH v2 09/10] Acceptance Tests: add basic documentation on LinuxTest base class

[Wainer dos Santos Moschetta]

Hi,

On 3/23/21 7:15 PM, Cleber Rosa wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Cleber Rosa <crosa@redhat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Willian Rampazzo <willianr@redhat.com>
> ---
>   docs/devel/testing.rst | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs/devel/testing.rst b/docs/devel/testing.rst
> index 1da4c4e4c4..ed2a06db28 100644
> --- a/docs/devel/testing.rst
> +++ b/docs/devel/testing.rst
> @@ -810,6 +810,31 @@ and hypothetical example follows:
>   At test "tear down", ``avocado_qemu.Test`` handles all the QEMUMachines
>   shutdown.
>   
> +The ``avocado_qemu.LinuxTest`` base test class
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +The ``avocado_qemu.LinuxTest`` is further specialization of the
> +``avocado_qemu.Test`` class, so it contains all the characteristics of
> +the later plus some extra features.
> +
> +First of all, this base class is intended for tests that need to
> +interact with a fully booted and operational Linux guest.  The most
> +basic example looks like this:

I think it is worth mentioning currently it will boot a Fedora 31 
cloud-init image.

Apart from that,

Reviewed-by: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@redhat.com>

> +
> +.. code::
> +
> +  from avocado_qemu import LinuxTest
> +
> +
> +  class SomeTest(LinuxTest):
> +
> +      def test(self):
> +          self.launch_and_wait()
> +          self.ssh_command('some_command_to_be_run_in_the_guest')
> +
> +Please refer to tests that use ``avocado_qemu.LinuxTest`` under
> +``tests/acceptance`` for more examples.
> +
>   QEMUMachine
>   ~~~~~~~~~~~
>