Ok , i got it :)
Thanks for the feedback, earlier I was a little bit confused about the
domain of testing aspect i wil mark your instructions, and will try to
focus more on the betterment of testing framework.
On Mon, Mar 22, 2021, 06:14 suzuki toshiya
wrote:
> Dear Sarthak,
>
> It seems that you think as - the FreeType is a huge software which the
> compiler generates so many warnings, like uninitialized variable, passing
> the inappropriate typed values, etc etc, and some of them are related with
> the rasterization results. It is not. Even if you try to extract something
> from the compiler warning messages, most of them are not related with the
> difference in the rasterization results between version X and version Y,
> although some of them can be related with the software vulnerabilities.
>
> The assumed testing framework is basically for the minimization of the
> regression of the rasterized image, not the "code quality" or "secure
> coding" itself. If the "code quality" or "secure coding" is at the highest
> priority, what we need is more generic inspector, instead of the
> FreeType-specific framework. The assumed "testing" in the GSoC theme is
> basically the rasterization results.
>
> Regards,
> mpsuzuki
>
> On 2021/03/22 4:22, sarthak bhardwaj wrote:
> > hello werner,
> > I think I could be explained earlier in detail from my side, sorry for
> that if I am not getting it wrong, In this project( as far I have observed)
> the sequence should be like that -
> >
> >
> >* firstly we need to set up continuous integration services
> compatible with GitLab.
> >* After setting up we need to add compilation and some desired
> functionality tests to our code, along with these services we can use a
> custom test harness(It is a collection of software and test data configured
> to test a program unit by running it under varying conditions and
> monitoring its behavior and outputs. ... Test harnesses allow for the
> automation of tests.) to check for compile errors.
> >
> >
> > This is my opinion about it, I might be wrong, Please correct me if I
> have misunderstood the thing, and do suggest your opinion about this
> >
> > Thanks in advance :)
> > Sarthak Bhardwaj
> >
> >
>
