From: "Eric Schulte" <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
To: Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Christian Egli <christian.egli@sbs.ch>
Subject: Re: Re: Test framework needed
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:42:19 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87hbakp9hw.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4D933E9E.7030907@gmail.com
Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug@gmail.com> writes:
> On 30/03/11 16:18, Christian Egli wrote:
>> Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>>> 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)?
>>
>> Before you go too far with this; Orgmode already contains a unit test
>> suite. Look at the README in the testing directory
>> (http://orgmode.org/w/?p=org-mode.git;a=blob_plain;f=testing/README.org;hb=HEAD)
>>
>
> But it does not look as if it is used very often... There are not many
> test org files, and I did not se anything which compares the resulting
> exported / tangle file with an expected output?
>
> Please correct me if I am missing something.
>
You are correct that the existing test suite needs some attention and
some more tests. Just a general commitment to convert problem reports
from the mailing list into unit tests should be a step in the right
direction.
However the existing test suite (while under populated) is the result of
multiple previous discussion of this nature on the mailing list, and I
think that abandoning the existing infrastructure would be a step in the
wrong direction.
>
> This suite should actually be updated with effectively each patch which
> introduces new features and run after each patch.
>
Agreed, in a perfect world...
>
> So is it only necessary to add meat to this framework?
>
Yes, I believe the best way forward would be to add tests to the
existing framework.
Best -- Eric
>
> Rainer
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-30 22:45 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
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 [this message]
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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