Since pretty much everyone agrees that the CTS misses things... Wouldn't it be worthwhile to not only track device specific issues, but to also add tests to a fork of CTS?
Google might then accept those enhancement, or might not, it would still be helpful in any case. -- K On Wednesday, July 31, 2013 9:11:24 PM UTC+4, Kristopher Micinski wrote: > > Just because a test suite doesn't cover all possible behavior doesn't > mean stricter enforcement wouldn't help developers. > > Test suites don't cover all of the codebase by definition, that's why > they're called test suites :-) > > So I'm in favor of setting up a tracker for device bugs, but that > doesn't also mean that stricter enforcement of bugs couldn't aid > developers. E.g., to mention one of Omer's points: there could have > been a CTS test to test the gallery app on that intent. (I believe > other intents are tested...) > > Kris > > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Daniele Segato > <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > On 07/31/2013 05:17 PM, Kristopher Micinski wrote: > >> > >> Yes. To install Google Play or Google apps, you absolutely are > >> required to pass the CTS. > >> > >> But, from your discussion, the CTS obviously doesn't test all parts of > >> the Android platform: it's just a test suite. > > > > > > Yes, and never will. > > > > It may be a good idea to contact them and ask if they can help in > setting up > > a bug database for incompatibilities between different android versions. > > > > No idea on how to contact them. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
