On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Ian Jackson wrote: > Philip Hands: > > It seems a shame to have to ask people to do this sort of thing. > > > > It strikes me that one should be able to come up with a script that > > does a test of this sort in not much more that the time required to > > write the list (in this simple case at least ;-) > > > > I really think we should encourage people to do this where possible. > > I agree. These tests should be shipped with the package source (not > in the .deb file, since most users won't want them).
Requiring the testers to download the package and the source is a bad things IMO. Also, when I'm trying a new package, I think it might be nice to see what it can do by trying the test script. These scripts should be small, using files already on the system if possible (or from /usr/doc/<pkg>/examples). Finally, the maintainer doesn't have to include the script, it's just something extra they want to do. > These scripts could be written by package maintainers, or by the > testing group and submitted as bugs. If it gets to the point that the testers are making testing scripts, we'll probably send it to the maintainer if they are interested, but keep it on a web site for faster distribution among ourselves. Waiting for a package to be uploaded for a test script during a frozen period may make this process painfully long. Brandon ----- Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "We all know linux is great... it PGP: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] does infinite loops in 5 seconds" Phone: (757) 221-4847 --Linus Torvalds -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
