RE: [xml] XML regression test cases...

["Jain, Nilesh" <nilesh jain intel com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Veillard [mailto:veillard redhat com]
>
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 11:40:54AM +0200, Kasimier Buchcik wrote:
> > > Another question related to internal regression test suite
(runtest),
> > > Are they used to confirm the behavior of public interface or What
part
> > > of library do they validate? Do you think they are important to be
part
> > > of LSB runtime test suite which is used to confirm distribution
against
> > > the specification.
>
>  I think runtest might be a good fit for the runtime tests, but it
> requires
> quite a bit of data, and results may still deviate a bit over time
> (sometimes
> serialization changes), it at least ensure most of the main APIs are
> working
> correctly.

If these test are checking the behavior of specified ABI, then why
result deviates assuming ABI are stable.  

>  testapi is rather an internal test, and testsuite is way too focused
> on specific schemas issues (plus it requires globs of data).

Why do you think testapi is internal test cases, where as to my
understanding these are testing all the public interfaces of library.