On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 06:57:21PM +0300, Antti Kantee wrote: > > So I was meaning to ask: why does "anita test" not install /usr/share, > > Dunno. I'm guessing "it's not necessary to fullfill anita's mission".
Well, I guess, but I would have expected it to install everything by default, as otherwise there could in theory be a problem with the sets it leaves off... > Maybe eventually we'll have configuration file support for selecting sets, > but volunteer-project-etc-yaddayadda. right > > and what else is it randomly missing that other tests might > > unknowingly depend on? > > First of all, tests should be deterministic, so using something such as > "words" which might change from underneath the test is not recommended. > Admittedtly in this case the probability that words would shrink so much > as to make the test non-effective is quite low, but since deterministic > input can be generated just as easily, there is no excuse for not > doing so. Granted. > Second, working on the definition of "randomly missing". Stay tuned. I think it's hiding somewhere near the definition of "random number". Nine is a very random number. (http://www.dilbert.com/2001-10-25/) -- David A. Holland dholl...@netbsd.org
