2018-04-13 5:33 GMT+00:00 Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org>: > On 2018-04-12, Gintautas Grigelionis wrote: > > > 2018-04-12 15:18 GMT+00:00 Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org>: > > >> On 2018-04-12, Gintautas Grigelionis wrote: > > >>> 2018-04-12 14:39 GMT+00:00 Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org>: > > >>>> On 2018-04-11, Gintautas Grigelionis wrote: > > >>>>> XMLCatalogTest is an example of unit tests complicated by root > >> property. > > >>>> Actually, the test even passes if you remove the line using the > property > >>>> as long as your current working directory is Ant's basedir :-) > > >>> What is the reason of having and/or keeping the property, anyway? > > >> Running the test when your current working directory is not the root of > >> the Ant source tree. I don't know who does so, but it has been something > >> somebody needed some time ago (and took the time to make it > >> possible). Right now I don't see any reason to stop supporting that. > > > I'd say it's the other way around: unless I'm mistaken, I have to > > remember to set the property in the IDEs that I use if I want to use a > > test case for debugging. So IMHO it's an unnecessary complication for > > no good reason. > > Ant test cases are not designed to be run from an IDE, this has never > been a goal. I'm surprised this system property is the only thing you > need to remember :-) >
Well, I decided to give it a spin :-) I find it useful to run debugger on test cases from IDE.
