Alexandre, I think the 'run tests' command is great idea ...
Validation wil be important as long as folks edit configs by hand, so validation needs to be part of the tool set (whether automatic or manual) ... Just because people don't do it doesn't mean that they shouldn't be doing it ... it is very easy to introduce an error that won't show up until you try to use the configuration, so validation is important... I would prefer to see it automatic which then begs the question of how to notify the user that there is a validation issue and which configuration/version has the issue ... presumably we have a set of feedback options that we can use ... Dale On Apr 23, 2011, at 7:46 AM, Alexandre Bergel wrote: > Dale, I was envisioning to have a 'run tests' command to run all the tests > installed by a configuration (we can then decide recursively or not). I think > this will consolidate the development process since running the tests is > preferable before committing. In that case, the validation led may be > misleading no? > I have the feeling that the validation is something that an end user does not > have much to do. I remember you introduced it when you upgraded a bunch of > configurations with symbols. This is not something many do today. > > Cheers, > Alexandre > > > On 22 Apr 2011, at 17:28, Dale Henrichs wrote: > >> No problem ... the icons are there to indicate the validation status .. When >> you select the 'validate' menu item, each of the versions is validated and >> the icon is green if there are no issues or red/orange if there are issues. >> clicking on the icon will return the list of validation issues ... >> >> I put this feature in early on, because I was validating a bunch of >> configurations and I needed to be able to tell which versions had issues... >> >> In recent weeks I have wondered if I should drop them altogether and then I >> run into a validation problem and am glad that they are there:) >> >> Right now I think that if they are to stay, they should be automatically >> updated (in which case we could drop a couple of menu items off of the list:) >> >> Dale >> >> On 04/22/2011 03:23 PM, Johan Fabry wrote: >>> Hi Dale, >>> >>> my pleasure :-) >>> >>> In the mean time could you satisfy my curiosity, and tell me what the >>> unit-test icons at the left of the configs and baselines-versions-... mean? >>> (Idem for groups?) >>> >>> Thanks in advance :-) >>> >>> On 22 Apr 2011, at 16:53, Dale Henrichs wrote: >>> >>>> Johan, >>>> >>>> Thanks for the excellent feedback ... You have touched on some issues that >>>> I am aware of and appreciate your suggestions ... you have also touched on >>>> some issues that I hadn't thought about ... >>>> >>>> I want to let your feedback marinate a bit ... you have provided enough >>>> detail that I think I understand where the improvements are needed, but >>>> I'm not sure I know the right way to address them ... yet. >>>> >>>> Please continue to let us know about your learning adventure:) >>>> >>>> Dale >>> >>> -- >>> Johan Fabry >>> [email protected] - http://dcc.uchile.cl/~jfabry >>> PLEIAD Lab - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- > _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: > Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu > ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;. > > > > >
