Conformance test best practice proposal

Hi, folks,

  To move forward to conformance testing for upcoming drafts of this working
group, here
is a proposal of the best practices that the WebPerf WG will follow. In
short, we should be
carrying out testing exercises similar to the HTML WG:
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/Testing

  Highlights:
  * All test cases for the WebPerf WG should be located under W3C's
Mercurial repository http://test.w3.org/webperf/tests/.
    (See more below.) I've setup submission/ and approved/ directories there
as reference.

  * When submitting a new test, preferably it's checked into
http://test.w3.org/webperf/tests/submission/<user-or-company>/<feature>.
    But considering accessing the repository requires W3C membership, it's
possible for a new test to be located under other public places.

  * A submitted test needs to be approved. The approval process is similar
to http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/Testing/Approval/.

  * Once a test is approved by the WG, it is required to be placed under the
Mercurial repository http://test.w3.org/webperf/tests/approved/<feature>

  Some other thoughts:
  * Each browser vendor will be responsible for running the tests and the
result. I would recommend having a contact person from each vendor for that
matter.

  AIs:
   * Have a page linked off the WG home page to demonstrate more details
about these steps.
   * Setup corresponding product and components for WebPerf on
Bugzilla<http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/>
.

  Feedback? Ideas?

cheers,
Zhiheng