On Sun May 20 08:08:13 2007, jkeen <!-- x --> at verizon.net wrote: > Since I created the postconfigure/ subdirectory, I'll start by > writing a patch describing what the tests in that directory are for. > If you worked on one of the other 4 undocumented subdirectories, > please submit a patch as well. >
See patch attached.
Index: t/README =================================================================== --- t/README (revision 18590) +++ t/README (working copy) @@ -5,36 +5,39 @@ For details, see the documentation in '../docs/tests.pod'. For status of the testing effort, see 'TESTS.STATUS.pod' in this directory. -benchmark: Run all benchmarks +benchmark: Run all benchmarks -compilers: Mini languages distributed with Parrot +compilers: Mini languages distributed with Parrot -configure: Perl modules of configuration subsystem +configure: Perl modules of configuration subsystem -codingstd: Conventions and Guidelines for Parrot Source Code +codingstd: Conventions and Guidelines for Parrot Source Code -distro: Tests run before a distro is released +distro: Tests run before a distro is released -doc: Completeness and sanity of the documentation +doc: Completeness and sanity of the documentation -dynpmc: Dynamic PMCs +dynpmc: Dynamic PMCs -examples: Check whether the examples are still working +examples: Check whether the examples are still working -library: Parrot modules +library: Parrot modules -native_pbc: Parrot Byte Code +native_pbc: Parrot Byte Code -op: Try to cover all core operators +op: Try to cover all core operators -perl: Test Perl5 modules used for configuration, building and testing of Parrot. +perl: Test Perl5 modules used for configuration, building and testing of Parrot. -pmc: Try to cover all builtin PMCs +pmc: Try to cover all builtin PMCs -run: Mostly command line options of the 'parrot' executable +postconfigure: Tests of configuration system which cannot be run until +configuration has completed. -src: Tests written in C. XXX Is this a meaningful category? +run: Mostly command line options of the 'parrot' executable -stress: Stress testing +src: Tests written in C. XXX Is this a meaningful category? -tools: Executables besides 'parrot' +stress: Stress testing + +tools: Executables besides 'parrot'
