On 12/17/05, Will <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Juliusz Chroboczek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Any chance we could avoid that?
>
> IMHO it is best for the MIME tests to use a 3rd party library to
> validate darcs' MIME output.  Additionally, I don't want to require
> people to install Perl modules just to build and test darcs.

Then don't. Tests are supposed to be specific. Borrow MIME::Parser's
test library if you have to, but there's no need to include it in
darcs. Tests should be of the form:

fixed input -> process -> fixed output

--
Taral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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telescopes."
    -- Edsger Dijkstra

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