> So, I'm *really* curious to know what people think of all this. Are there > any plans on adding a testsuite? Integrated, perhaps, with the Ubuntu proposal > for a testing framework?
Speaking for myself, I think that a testsuite, even probably hard to design, would be helpful in trying to find nastiest bugs (or stupidest ones). We did benefit a test suite already for shadow and I don't see why dpkg couldn't benefit one. It will maybe be crude or not perfect at the beginning but that's better than nothing anyway: A general tendency in Debian and Free Software is sometimes to overdesign stuff, which often prevent them to appear. While this is a quality when speaking of the programs code, this is a weakness when needed stuff never comes becomes people try to achieve the perfect tool at the first shot. As a testsuite, by definition, doesn't touch the code, I see no reason for at least not trying. IIRC, Frank Lichtenheld also had ideas about it. Let him comment....and even if his ideas are not yours, either merge both...or develop both testsuites...and time will tell us what is the best to use. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
