Mads Lindstrøm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>...
> Do there exist, any other kind of automatic tests that I have not
> mentioned here?
>
> Anything else I have missed?
>
> Which errors are typical for Debian packages? This is important as
> certain kinds of error will properly newer be caught autom
Hello
When it comes to testing you have to ask yourself what you want
to test.
We have a couple of different types of tests:
* Component test:
Tests if a program component (object, function etc) is working as
specified. Normally this kind of tests are implemented in the same
programming la
Scribit Michael Schiansky dies 08/04/2005 hora 11:44:
> None of my maintained packages do provide such things. For all of them
> any automatic test is impossible as they require user interaction.
apt-get install expectk
> IMHO it's not worth the efford to implement such an autotest-system
> just
Hi Mads!
On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 10:37:27AM +0200, Mads Lindstrøm wrote:
> It would be nice if packages were automatically tested under different
> setups, like language settings or other things that may affect a package.
> Also each package maintainer could supply a script which should test if t
[Mads Lindstrøm]
> Do there exist, any other kind of automatic tests that I have not
> mentioned here?
More automatic testing would be good. Some packages run self-tests as
part of the build process. More packages should do that.
A long time ago, I wrote a prototype for testing package upgrades
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