Re: New propossed GnomeGoal: Add code coverage support

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>]

On 01/04/2010 12:53 PM, Javier Jardón wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> The objective of the GnomeGoal is to add code coverage of your code
> with GCOV [1]
> You can take a look to the GnomeGoal page here: [2] (There are also
> examples to add GCOV support to json-glib and libgdata)

I was a huge fan of adding GCOV support to all modules, and actually have
patches for glib/pango/gtk+ in bugzilla.  But after finding out that coverage
can be extracted without modifying the modules (like build.gnome.org is
already doing), I'm against cluttering the modules with GCOV boilerplate.

behdad


> As a side effect, the idea is encourage devels to:
>  - Use the new Glib and GTK+ test frameworks [3] and [4]
>  - Use build.gnome.org service. For example, take a look to Glib coverage [5]
> 
> All the info is available in the GnomeGoal/AddCodeCoverage page.
> 
> Comments / suggestions welcomed.
> 
> [1] http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Gcov.html
> [2] http://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/AddCodeCoverage
> [3] http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/stable/glib-Testing.html
> [4] http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/stable/gtk-Testing.html
> [5] http://fixed.gnome.org/coverage/glib/lcov/