bug#20714: tap-driver.sh outputs incorrect .trs tag

2015-06-02 Thread Arthur Schwarz
Eric. You know, I really appreciate your effort. I do. Now to the substance of it. 1. Now that I know the bandwidth limitations and constraints I will be much more careful in transmitting files. I did not know before. I know now. I will take care to determine what compression format to use prior

bug#20714: tap-driver.sh outputs incorrect .trs tag

2015-06-02 Thread Eric Blake
On 06/02/2015 02:05 PM, Arthur Schwarz wrote: >> >> On 06/02/2015 11:59 AM, Arthur Schwarz wrote: >> >> I haven't yet seen any pdf, so it's hard for me to state what you are >> referring to. > > > Both .pdf and .odt files are included in this post. Uggh. That resulted in your mail being 2

bug#20714: tap-driver.sh outputs incorrect .trs tag

2015-06-02 Thread Eric Blake
On 06/02/2015 11:59 AM, Arthur Schwarz wrote: > I appreciate your comments. The TAP pdf that I sent you is part of a larger > document. At the moment the document is 48 pages and is a complete > replacement for Section 15 up to dejaGnu which I haven't started yet. The > pdf was sent in lieu of the

bug#20715: tap-driver.sh 'missing test plan' message contradicts the TAP Standard

2015-06-02 Thread Arthur Schwarz
On 2015-06-02 09:40 -0700, Arthur Schwarz wrote: > [Nick Bowler wrote] > The plan line has to be mandatory for this feature to work as > intended (i.e., for the TAP consumer to determine whether a > producer has run to completion or not). An optional plan would > be useless. > >

bug#20714: tap-driver.sh outputs incorrect .trs tag

2015-06-02 Thread Arthur Schwarz
I appreciate your comments. The TAP pdf that I sent you is part of a larger document. At the moment the document is 48 pages and is a complete replacement for Section 15 up to dejaGnu which I haven't started yet. The pdf was sent in lieu of the Open Office document, which is the genesis of the pdf.

bug#20715: tap-driver.sh 'missing test plan' message contradicts the TAP Standard

2015-06-02 Thread Nick Bowler
On 2015-06-02 09:40 -0700, Arthur Schwarz wrote: > [Nick Bowler wrote] > The plan line has to be mandatory for this feature to work as > intended (i.e., for the TAP consumer to determine whether a > producer has run to completion or not). An optional plan would > be useless. > > S

bug#20714: tap-driver.sh outputs incorrect .trs tag

2015-06-02 Thread Eric Blake
On 06/02/2015 10:24 AM, Arthur Schwarz wrote: > A coupla' issues. I don't know Texinfo. I have included an extensive > revision of the TAP testing cycle as a pdf file, downloaded from an Open > Office Document. While that may work, it is tedious to maintainers. We have to figure out which text yo

bug#20715: tap-driver.sh 'missing test plan' message contradicts the TAP Standard

2015-06-02 Thread Arthur Schwarz
The plan line has to be mandatory for this feature to work as intended (i.e., for the TAP consumer to determine whether a producer has run to completion or not). An optional plan would be useless. Sorry to be such a pest. Your statement that "... determine whether a producer has

bug#20714: tap-driver.sh outputs incorrect .trs tag

2015-06-02 Thread Arthur Schwarz
A coupla' issues. I don't know Texinfo. I have included an extensive revision of the TAP testing cycle as a pdf file, downloaded from an Open Office Document. And, the only reason that I started rewriting the test section was that I couldn't understand what was written and thought that if I had to

bug#20714: tap-driver.sh outputs incorrect .trs tag

2015-06-02 Thread Nick Bowler
On 2015-06-01 14:17 -0700, Arthur Schwarz wrote: > The .trs tag :global-test-result: should be :test-global-result:. > > 15.3.3.2 Log files generation and test results recording > :test-global-result: [...] > === .trf === > :global-test-result: FAIL Indeed, this is an error in the manual

bug#20082: new warning from ar on rawhide systems

2015-06-02 Thread Pavel Raiskup
On Saturday 18 of April 2015 11:50:31 Pavel Raiskup wrote: > On Friday 17 of April 2015 18:07:57 Peter Rosin wrote: > > On 2015-04-17 17:54, Pavel Raiskup wrote: > > > I tried to prepare the patch, but thats probably wrong. It would be nice > > > if somebody could comment, > > > > Microsofts arch

bug#20715: tap-driver.sh 'missing test plan' message contradicts the TAP Standard

2015-06-02 Thread Nick Bowler
On 2015-06-01 14:45 -0700, Arthur Schwarz wrote: > http://testanything.org/ > > Explicitly specifies that a test plan is optional. [...] > The operand part of this paragraph is " The plan is optional ..." which > directly contradicts "It must appear once ...". Your diagnostic message is > either i