Re: [Nautilus-list] [PATCH]: Avoid directory reload when FAM is active.

[Yoann Vandoorselaere <yoann mandrakesoft com>]

Seth Nickell <snickell stanford edu> writes:

> > > The code to this patch looks OK to me (I'm not the designated patch
> > > reviewer so I can't really approve it but I've worked a lot on the
> > > code it's changing). Can you please describe how you tested? I think
> > > it needs to be tested both with and without FAM to make sure
> > > everything works as expected.
> > 
> > Done and working. (used printf to debug).
> > So, do I commit this one ?
> 
> You need to be more detailed about the tests you put patches through.
> This would help a lot in terms of fostering easier communication. A
> repeated pattern here is that we need to keep asking for increased
> detail.
> 
> I think Maciej wants to know not by what technical mechanism you tested,
> but what differents sorts of situations you tested. For example, did you
> open directories with FAM, w/o FAM, open windows when three other
> windows were open w/ FAM, w/o FAM, does tree view still work, does tree
> view still work with multiple windows etc etc. You can probably come up
> with many other good tests to try. A lot of your suggested changes end
> up breaking things (in one patch or another), so I suggest you try more
> thorough testing of them and how they interact with other parts of
> Nautilus before you submit them for review.

Yes, I tested all of that.
But end of thread. Darin has a fix.

> Also, a list of the ways you tested at patch submission time is very
> helpful, because somebody's going to eventually ask for that anyway,
> *grin*.

I've used Nautilus several time with and without FAM from the time
I made the patch.... All seem to work okay.

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