Standard definition for the Validators (linters)

[camilamacedo86]

Description

The Validators are static checks (linters) that can scan the manifests and provide
with low-cost valuable results to ensure the quality of the distributions which will be distributed via OLM,
as to ensure that they are respecting some specific criteria for vendors and/or catalogs.

This proposal aims to provide a standard definition to reduce the complexities of keeping these rules
maintained and consumed.

The goal of this proposal is to ensure that we can along with a defined standard concept and vision
which can help us in the medium/long term have solutions with better maintainability, usability and understandability
levering in what we have implemented currently.

[fgiloux]

That may be me missing some background but after reading the enhancement proposal I am not sure what you will technically deliver when it is implemented. I am not sure what the ABIs are you want to standardize on

[camilamacedo86]

Hi @fgiloux,

About : #105 (review)

As we spoke:

That is implemented already. See that we are moving some checks from operator-framowork/API. The standard/idea can be applied outside but that is more for us. The main goal is to clarify why we are moving them out, what is the idea/suggestion to work with the validators ( examples section ) and why/how.

[gallettilance]

Generally looks good. If you can just add the context of these being bundle validators. (i.e. the manifests from bundle images etc.)

[camilamacedo86]

Closing since it seems that the info here did not fit well in the EP.
But we tried to address the usage in : operator-framework/api#205