I'm +0 on this and would certainly be in favour of a relaxed approach, I've
seen too much time wasted on writing useless tests on setters/getters just
to artificially boost a code coverage metric while real sections of code
were left untested, or tests that were shallow but met the coverage guide
lines went through.

However I think it is a good idea to be aware of our coverage levels and to
be able to see if a module takes a big downward spike.

Ian

On 27 September 2015 at 07:41, Andrea Aime <[email protected]>
wrote:

> HI all,
> the discussion kind of stopped here. Ben, are you satisfied with a more
> relaxed approach
> (like, case by case, or max % of reduction) to checking coverage in pull
> requests?
>
> Cheers
> Andrea
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Simone Giannecchini <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Ciao Ben,
>> I see your point but I think we can mediate here.
>>
>> Coveralls allows to set up rules that make a build fail if global
>> coverage goes below a certain global threshold or if the PR reduces it
>> of more than x%.
>> This means we can see right away trends and make sure that we are not
>> below a good threshold.
>>
>> Since, afaik, we have a minimum goal for unit test coveralls can be
>> used to enforce this upfront which is an extremely good thing.
>>
>> So I am +1, but I am also open to alternatives from others.
>>
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>> On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 9:21 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies <[email protected]>
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>> > Andrea,
>> >
>> > are these rules based on coverage fraction or absolute lines covered? Is
>> > coverage relative to cyclomatic complexity?
>> >
>> > -0 for rules that we never reduce code coverage. I can think of several
>> > cases where it is quite acceptable to reduce coverage fraction, such as
>> > fixing a leak by adding extra lines in a hard-to-cover catch block, or
>> > disabling a failing test class or method to fix the build and preserve
>> > the rest of the coverage. Given infinite time we can always add more
>> > tests ...
>> >
>> > It might be quite useful to have a coverage change report for every pull
>> > request. There is no harm trying Coverall to see what it looks like. I
>> > am only against the rule that we never allow coverage to be reduced. It
>> > might be good to know if a module's coverage falls below 40%.
>> >
>> > In my view, coverage metrics fall into the same category as formatting
>> > convention compliance and lack of compiler warnings: good to have but
>> > often a pain in the arse when enforced by automated tools.
>> >
>> > Kind regards,
>> > Ben.
>> >
>> > On 19/09/15 19:13, Andrea Aime wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >> speaking with the OpenLayers guys this week they showed me how
>> >> their pull requests check do not only include a travis build
>> verification,
>> >> but also a code coverage level check via Coveralls.
>> >>
>> >> Basically, their rule is that a pull request must never reduce the code
>> >> coverage, and this can be automated via Travis and Coveralls.
>> >>
>> >> As far as I can see Coveralls is free for open source projects, what
>> do you
>> >> think of adding it to our pull requests checks?
>> >>
>> >> Cheers
>> >> Andrea
>> >>
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