Hi Alex,

Sounds good. Let me know if you need/want any help on this or if you need 
someone to bounce ideas off of.

Thanks,
-c

On Monday, July 18, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Alex Boisvert wrote:

> Hi Christopher,
> 
> Thanks for the patch! I've applied it as-is.
> 
> I /may/ rework it a little bit later to extend group include/exclude support
> to other test frameworks: JUnit, ScalaTest, Specs and others all support
> the notion of grouping/labeling tests and I'd like to standardize how this
> is specified in the Buildfile and on the command-line, e.g.,
> 
> buildr test:@group1,-@group2 # include group1 and exclude group2
> 
> similar to how we do for individual test inclusion/exclusion today.
> 
> alex
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Christopher Coco <[email protected] 
> (mailto:[email protected])> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Alex,
> > 
> > I've finally had time to get back to this. I've submitted a JIRA
> > (BUILDR-598) along with a code patch attached and updated the pull request
> > in GitHub with the changes to support TestNG group inclusion and exclusion
> > via the @Test(groups={}) annotation modifier.
> > 
> > Please let me know if there's anything else I can do to get this included
> > in Buildr.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > -c
> > 
> > On Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Christopher Coco wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi Alex,
> > > 
> > > No worries. I'll open up a JIRA as you suggested.
> > > 
> > > Thanks!
> > > Christopher
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 6:36 AM, Alex Boisvert <[email protected] 
> > > (mailto:[email protected])(mailto:
> > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]))> wrote:
> > > > Hi Christopher,
> > > > 
> > > >  Oh, I haven't seen your pull request... regardless... I forgot to say
> > the
> > > >  best way to notify other devs of a patch is to open a Jira, attach a
> > copy of
> > > >  the patch, make sure you click on the ASL license grant and if your
> > work is
> > > >  also on github (or wherever else) then link to it.
> > > > 
> > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BUILDR
> > > > 
> > > > <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BUILDR>alex
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >  On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Christopher Coco <[email protected] 
> > > > (mailto:[email protected])(mailto:
> > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]))> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Hi Alex,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks for the info. I'll look into rspec. I submitted a pull request
> > a
> > > > > couple of weeks ago (maybe rather hastily) for the TestNG changes I
> > made.
> > > > > I'll try to write up a test to accompany them.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks again,
> > > > > Christopher
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Alex Boisvert <
> > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Hi Christopher,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Pull requests are much appreciated! And your JSP precompiler is a
> > very
> > > > > > nice
> > > > > > first task.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > For testing, we use rspec. If you're enhancing TestNG support, you
> > > > > would
> > > > > > typically add to the TestNG specification (
> > https://github.com/apache/buildr/blob/trunk/lib/buildr/java/tests.rb).
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > If you get stuck, ask questions here or you can try to catch some
> > of us
> > > > > on
> > > > > > the IRC channel (#buildr on irc.freenode.net 
> > > > > > (http://irc.freenode.net) (
> > http://irc.freenode.net))
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > alex
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Christopher Coco <
> > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Hey guys,
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I'm new to Buildr (and ruby in general) and am working on
> > migrating our
> > > > > > > build from Maven to something that is more expressive in terms of
> > > > > project
> > > > > > > definition which is what drew us to Buildr. A couple of the
> > necessary
> > > > > > > pieces
> > > > > > > we need before switching are expanded TestNG support (like
> > supporting
> > > > > > > excluding/including by TestNG groups) and JSP pre-compilation
> > (via
> > > > > > tomcat6
> > > > > > > jasper). Simple things, right?
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Knowing little ruby when I started, I did managed to write a jsp
> > > > > > > precompiler
> > > > > > > extension (available here: https://gist.github.com/921897). I'm
> > sure
> > > > > > this
> > > > > > > code can be improved.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > As for the TestNG functionality, trying to get exclusion via
> > TestNG
> > > > > > groups
> > > > > > > (or any of the other cmd line options that TestNG allows) using
> > the
> > > > > > > properties hash didn't work as the param and value are added to
> > the
> > > > > > TestNG
> > > > > > > runner as -D args instead of just as cmd line params. So, I
> > forked the
> > > > > > > buildr project on github and made a few small tweaks to the
> > tests.rb to
> > > > > > > pass
> > > > > > > along more parameters in the options array to the TestNG class.
> > The
> > > > > > change
> > > > > > > basically shims more cmd line parameters onto the string for
> > TestNG
> > > > > > runner.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > So my question is now, ok, I should probably test this -- like I
> > > > > > mentioned,
> > > > > > > I'm extremely green with ruby -- what's the next step (or steps)
> > so I
> > > > > can
> > > > > > > actually give some confidence (other than that we're actually
> > running
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > fork here) that the change works so that my pull request is
> > actually
> > > > > > looked
> > > > > > > at for potential inclusion into the master branch? I'm a java guy
> > and
> > > > > > > slowly
> > > > > > > learning ruby and ruby testing is somewhat alien to me right now.
> > But,
> > > > > I
> > > > > > > think this functionality is useful (maybe I'm off-base, but we
> > > > > definitely
> > > > > > > need it and TestNG definitely supports it), so I'd like to
> > actually
> > > > > help
> > > > > > > out
> > > > > > > here and contribute. I know the question is seemingly general
> > (ruby
> > > > > > > testing), but I'm trying to be targeted in asking, what needs to
> > happen
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > > get the changes incorporated in the next version of Buildr? Am I
> > going
> > > > > > > about
> > > > > > > this all wrong and should I submit an issue instead?
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > Christopher
> > > > > > > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
> > > > > > > https://github.com/cacoco

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