[Beaker-devel] Changing the headline on the Beaker home page?

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at redhat.com
Wed Nov 27 03:02:49 UTC 2013


The headline on beaker-project.org currently describes Beaker thus:

    "Beaker is open-source software for managing and automating labs of
test computers."

While technically accurate, I don't think it adequately differentiates
Beaker from pure inventory management systems like openDCIM and pure
test automation systems like Jenkins, STAF/STAX and autotest.

The following is too long for the headline, but is the "elevator pitch"
I've been using lately to described Beaker's scope in one sentence:

    "Beaker provides shared access to a wide range of hardware
configurations for both manual failure investigation and automated
compatibility testing."

The capability overview in the architecture guide
(http://beaker-project.org/docs/architecture-guide/capabilities.html)
currently starts with:

    "Beaker is a full stack software and hardware integration testing
system, with the ability to manage a globally distributed network of
test labs."

So, here's my initial proposal for a new headline:

    "Beaker provides global shared access to diverse collections of test
systems."

Thoughts?

Cheers,
Nick.

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Nick Coghlan
Red Hat Hosted & Shared Services
Software Engineering & Development, Brisbane

Testing Solutions Team Lead
Beaker Development Lead (http://beaker-project.org/)


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