From dev-return-7005-apmail-apr-dev-archive=apr.apache.org@apr.apache.org Fri Jul 05 23:17:01 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-apr-dev-archive@apr.apache.org Received: (qmail 67107 invoked by uid 500); 5 Jul 2002 23:17:01 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@apr.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: Delivered-To: mailing list dev@apr.apache.org Received: (qmail 67086 invoked from network); 5 Jul 2002 23:17:00 -0000 Message-ID: <3D2628F0.10303@xbc.nu> Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2002 01:17:04 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?QnJhbmtvIMSMaWJlag==?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.1a) Gecko/20020611 X-Accept-Language: sl, en-gb, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ryan Bloom CC: dev@apr.apache.org Subject: Re: [RANT] our test suite sucks References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Ryan Bloom wrote: >The original intent for the test suite was that somebody could run the APR >test suite on their implementation of APR, and be sure that they are 100% >compatible. The current test suite doesn't even come close to >implementing that. In fact, most of the tests don't even give useful >information about whether a feature is working as it is supposed to. I am >trying to test my new poll implementation, but I am spending more time >interpreting the test rsults than actually fixing the code. > >In the next few weeks, I will be creating a real test suite for APR. It >will be either Perl or Python based, and all tests will be required to >report success or failure only in the default mode. If more information >is required, that will be done through a verbose mode, much like the perl >test suite for httpd. > >>From now on, the test suite's goal should be to allow people to know if >they have successfully implemented APR for their platform. This means >that any new features in APR should include a full test suite for those >functions. > > Oh I say, ++1 here. -- Brane Čibej http://www.xbc.nu/brane/