Randy McMurchy wrote:
Hi all,
Looking for some advice on how to interpret many of the GNOME packages
test suites. Many of the packages don't do any real testing of the
build when you run 'make check', but they *will* validate all the
.xml and .omf files running 'make check'.
Should I count this as a test suite, and put the obligatory, "To
test the results, issue make check." on these package instructions?
We should indeed distinguish between testsuites for functionality and
testsuites for packaging. Maybe, for functionality testsuites, write
this: "To test the package functionality, issue make check". For
packaging-only testsuites, however, different wording is needed (if
"make check" is advised at all).
One more point, if we choose to completely ignore packaging-only
testsuites, is to mark the package somehow (XML comment?) so that
different editors don't end up checking it over and over again only to
find out that it has a packaging-only testsuite.
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Alexander E. Patrakov
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