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From: Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug@gmail.com>
To: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Re: Test framework needed
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:56:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D93369C.7010608@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r59og1pt.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net>

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On 30/03/11 15:46, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 30 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>>
>> I was bitten again from an unintended regression in org-mode, and that
>> the second time in two weeks.
>>
>> I am probably not the right person to suggest this, but I think it is
>> time to introduce a test framework for org-mode, to ensure that the
>> (without doubt useful) approach to develop org-mode does not lead to
>> regressions.
> 
> This would be the page to start with, though the most likely candidate
> (Elisp Regression Testing) is only available in Emacs trunk at the
> moment…
> 
> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/UnitTesting

Am I right in assuming, that all of the possible test frameworks would
require org files and the expected output (tengle, export to ...,
agenda, ...)? In this case, would it make sense to start collecting
those, as they can easily be user contributed, consequently representing
a cross section of the use cases (even not intended use cases)?

Rainer


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  reply	other threads:[~2011-03-30 13:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-30 13:01 Test framework needed Rainer M Krug
2011-03-30 13:46 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2011-03-30 13:56   ` Rainer M Krug [this message]
2011-03-30 14:11     ` Eric Abrahamsen
2011-03-30 14:22       ` Rainer M Krug
2011-03-30 14:26       ` MidLifeXis at PerlMonks
2011-03-30 14:18     ` Christian Egli
2011-03-30 14:30       ` Rainer M Krug
2011-03-30 15:13         ` Manuel Giraud
2011-03-30 20:14           ` Aankhen
2011-03-30 21:39             ` Eric Schulte
2011-03-30 21:42         ` Eric Schulte
2011-03-31  0:19           ` Suvayu Ali
2011-03-31  3:40             ` Eric Schulte
2011-03-31  7:15               ` Rainer M Krug

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