On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 08:06:45PM +0100, Cleto Martin Angelina wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Cleto Martin Angelina <cleto.mar...@gmail.com> > > * Package name : cxxtest > Version : 3.10.1 > Upstream Author : jaredgrubb <jaredgr...@tigris.org> and kfitch > <kfi...@tigris.org> > * URL : http://cxxtest.tigris.org/ > * License : LGPLv2.1 > Programming Lang: C++ > Description : a xUnit-like framework for C/C++ ^ an (grammar) > > The following description has been taken from their website:
The description spends a lot of time saying what CxxTest *doesn't* do, rather than what it *does* do. This doesn't make for a very informative description. What would be useful: What does CxxTest do? Why would I want to use it? What makes it different than CppUnit? > CxxTest's advantages over existing alternatives are that it: > > * Doesn't require RTTI > * Doesn't require member template functions > * Doesn't require exception handling It's not clear why any of these are "advantages". Debian supports all of these *Standard* C++ features well, so we have no reason to not want them. Note that CppUnit makes use of exception handling internally to trap failures, and this can be a big aid in debugging because I can just "catch throw" in gdb to diagnose failing tests. > * Doesn't require any external libraries (including memory management, > file/console I/O, graphics libraries) Dependencies (or lack of) aren't really that useful in a description; we can see this from the package dependencies. Regards, Roger -- .''`. Roger Leigh : :' : Debian GNU/Linux http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/ `. `' Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/ `- GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848 Please GPG sign your mail.
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