Subrata Modak wrote: > On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 08:35 -0400, Mike Melendez wrote: > >> My two cents. >> >> I parse the text file and generate html that is appropriate for my work, >> for example, separating out the failures. But I preserve the text file >> as it has information, e.g., on test order. HTML and XML can make the >> file harder for me to parse into a format useful to my work. >> >> I also run the IntelMPITEST suite that generates XML. I can and do >> parse it but it can take more work. A benefit it provides is a greater >> amount of output from the individual test. The XML tags make cutting >> that out when not needed easier. Then again, I always need the >> corresponding XSL file to allow a reasonable display and then only >> through a browser. >> , >> If the output is made available in new formats, I vote that the text one >> be retained as well and that the new ones add more than just reformatting. >> > > Definitely Mike, > The text ones will be retained at any cost. The only difference will be > that a new parser will create an HTML/XML file and put the formatted > output in the same directory(s) along with the output. > Hi All, I vote for having simply the output in XML format (plus usual text file as already confirmed by Subrata). From XML we can do a lot of things... using a XSL stylesheet to show result on a web page, using a XML transformer (C, java, whatever) to generate other output, importing the log easily on a spreadsheet and so on.
Regards, Carmelo > New format can also have some features like: > 1) Background highlighting for WARNINGS, > 2) Background highlighting for FAIL, > 3) Background highlighting for BROK, > 4) Sorted testcase(s) for FAILED output, > 5) Serial No.s in which tests were executed, etc > > You can also suggest ways that you think can add more value. > > --Subrata-- > > >> Mike Melendez >> Software Test Lead >> SiCortex >> Maynard, MA >> >> Subrata Modak wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 00:11 -0300, Ricardo Salveti de Araujo wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Monday 17 September 2007 11:28:08 Subrata Modak wrote: >>>> But my question is, do we really need to have a parser to geneate kind of >>>> a >>>> HTML file? I guess that the normal text file is already enough. >>>> >>> Yes, the information contained in the text file is enough, but may not >>> be that representable/viewable. What we can do is present the same info >>> in more better/attractive way. May be if we can show things in HTML (and >>> tabular format), with all the failed tests sorted out and appearing in >>> the beginning (with some back ground colour highlighting), the user >>> immediately gets attention of all the failed tests along with the >>> reason(s). Won´t that be a little pretty ?? May be all of you can decide >>> upon this !! >>> >>> >>> >>>>> 3) Ricardoś patch (applied earlier) to provide the name of Failed file >>>>> (containing the tag name and cmdline entries of failed test-cases) does >>>>> >>>> I didn't want to add the error info at the same file so we could easily >>>> ask >>>> LTP to run only the failed test cases. As we already have all the output >>>> at >>>> another file, I don't think that we should modify how we're creating this >>>> file. >>>> >>> Yes, let us keep it as it is. >>> >>> >>> >>>> I guess that what we have at the output file is enough to see what's >>>> happening, like: >>>> <<<test_start>>> >>>> tag=gf17 stime=1189631960 >>>> cmdline="growfiles -W gf17 -b -e 1 -i 0 -L 120 -u -g 5000 -T 100 -t >>>> 499990 -l -C 10 -c 1000 -S 10 -f Lgf03_" >>>> contacts="" >>>> analysis=exit >>>> initiation_status="ok" >>>> <<<test_output>>> >>>> gf17 1 PASS : Test passed >>>> <<<execution_status>>> >>>> >>>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >>> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. >>> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ltp-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. >> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Ltp-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Ltp-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Ltp-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list
