Re: [RFC][PATCH] Add --auto-close command line option

[Stephen Kennedy <stevek gnome org>]

> The attached patch implements an auto-close option for
> meld, to eventually use for automated testing purposes.
>
> I intend to automate VC plugin testing, for a start and
> this work is the first step in that direction.

Hi Vincent,

vc testing would be fantastic. It's historically been a troublesome
and fragile module. What kinds of tests do you have in mind? I
would hope that 90% of the tests could be completely separated
from meld and only use the vc module. Most errors have been
in the vc implementations themselves, not in vcview.

The one exception to that is vcview.show_patch which has broken
as the vc formats have changed. The vc interface needs to be changed
to give back filenames to be compared instead of a patch and the
current messy regex application.

Also, did you see the mail a while ago from the anyvc guys? It does
seem like a pity to have two such similar codebases. I don't know if
it's much better than what's currently in vc but the maintenance factor
and roadmap (e.g. history operations) sound tempting.

Stephen.