On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 2:34 AM, Denis Gervalle <[email protected]> wrote:
> +1 with no vote

Same, +1.

Thanks,
Marius

>
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:08 PM, Caleb James DeLisle <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> +1 with the same concern as Sergiu.
>>
>> Caleb
>>
>> On 08/20/2012 03:28 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote:
>> > On 08/20/2012 11:17 AM, Vincent Massol wrote:
>> >> Hi devs,
>> >>
>> >> Each java module has a current TPC level (Test Percentage Coverage), be
>> it 5% of 90%.
>> >>
>> >> As part of improving XWiki's quality, the idea is that future commits
>> in this module shouldn't lower the module's quality.
>> >>
>> >> One easy way to ensure this is to measure the current TPC level and
>> make the build fail whenever the build is under this TPC threshold.
>> >>
>> >> This means that if you commit code that has less tests average than
>> what currently exists then the build will fail.
>> >>
>> >> Here's one way to implement it:
>> >>
>> >>    <!-- Fail the build if the test coverage is below a given value.
>> >>         Note: Since this takes a bit of time to execute we only run
>> this when the integration-tests profile is active -->
>> >>    <profiles>
>> >>      <profile>
>> >>        <id>integration-tests</id>
>> >>        <build>
>> >>          <plugins>
>> >>            <plugin>
>> >>              <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
>> >>              <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
>> >>              <configuration>
>> >>                <targetPercentage>86.9%</targetPercentage>
>> >>              </configuration>
>> >>              <executions>
>> >>                <execution>
>> >>                  <id>clover-check</id>
>> >>                  <phase>verify</phase>
>> >>                  <goals>
>> >>                    <goal>instrument-test</goal>
>> >>                    <goal>check</goal>
>> >>                  </goals>
>> >>                </execution>
>> >>              </executions>
>> >>            </plugin>
>> >>          </plugins>
>> >>        </build>
>> >>      </profile>
>> >>    </profiles>
>> >>
>> >> So this proposal is about the following strategy:
>> >> * Allow committers to modify module's pom.xml to fail the build when
>> then TPC is under  the current threshold
>> >> * Since oldcore is really difficult to test, maybe we should not set
>> build failing for oldcore. OTOH oldcore is an important module. WDYT?
>> >> * If for some reason a committer wants to lower the TPC threshold for a
>> module he needs to get the agreement from the other committers (vote).
>> There might be valid reasons like fixing an important bug quickly for a
>> release and writing a test is just too complex so the writing of the test
>> is to be delayed for after the release, etc.
>> >> * I'd like to consider this as an experiment and see how it goes
>> >>
>> >> Note: This is about unit test TPC which is different from the TPC that
>> includes functional tests.
>> >>
>> >> WDYT?
>> >>
>> >> Here's my +1 to try this out and see how it goes.
>> >
>> > +1.
>> >
>> > I'm not sure that a [vote] is required, since that is usually something
>> that is too formal. By the rules, a vote should last 3 days, it should have
>> at least 3 +1, and no -1. But IMO a +1 means strong support, the voter
>> understands and agrees with the matter, and lowering the TPC is not
>> something on which people have a strong opinion. And the example that you
>> give requires a quick decision, the 3 days required to pass a vote should
>> be enough to write the missing tests.
>> >
>> > So, I'd rather trust developers not to lower the threshold without a
>> valid reason, and we can always signal a change that we don't agree with
>> afterwards.
>> >
>>
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