Re: Unit tests with check framework

[Philip Van Hoof <spam pvanhoof be>]

On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 13:57 +0100, �stein Gisn�wrote:
> I can replace it all over as soon as I get the go (which you just
> did). It's a fairly simple to replace everything and drop GUnit.

Yes, I repeat, go ;), green light, I'm pro. :)

> Looking at further opportunities, test coverage comes up. I had a look
> at GStreamers solution to this. They have a neat generated view
> http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/coverage/lcov/gstreamer/. The
> make scripts for this clutter up a bit, so we have to decide for
> including that or not.

I'm very pro support for coverage. Try to put as much build-environment
clutter in m4 scripts in the m4/ directory.


Thanks


> 2006/12/7, Philip Van Hoof <spam pvanhoof be>:
> >
> > That's very nice.
> >
> > Once all the current unit tests are replaced like this, feel free to
> > commit the patch.
> >
> > Or you can create a branch and work with other people on this? I would
> > only see the point of a branch of multiple people are interested,
> > however, in working on this.
> >
> > ps. You don't need to keep the compatibility with GUnit. It's not a
> > priority.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 13:14 +0100, �stein Gisn�wrote:
> > > Philip earlier expressed his interest in using the Check unit test
> > > framework instead of GUnit. I've played around with it a bit and found
> > > that it has a few improvements over GUnit. The biggest surprise was
> > > that it can run in parallel with GUnit, although that is probably not
> > > a long-term solution.
> > >
> > > So if you want to try it out, apply the patch. I've only "converted"
> > > three test files, but you'll get the picture..
> > >
> > > Any opinions on whether GUnit should be replaced by Check? Philip, anyone?
> > >
> > > Do make 'check' in libtinymail-test to run the tests.
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