Am Donnerstag, 28. Januar 2016 um 08:48:48, schrieb Guenter Milde <mi...@users.sf.net> > Re: [LyX/master] Invert and document test for "longest labeling label" > problem. > Von: Guenter Milde <mi...@users.sf.net> > An: lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org > Datum: Heute 09:48:48 > On 2016-01-25, Kornel Benko wrote: > > Am 25. Januar 2016 um 21:07:23, schrieb Guenter Milde <mi...@users.sf.net> > >> On 2016-01-25, Kornel Benko wrote: > > > >> >> > Everything in autotests should compile (not inverted), if not ==> > >> >> > regression. > > >> >> Why should we treat "autotests" different from other directories? > > >> > I'd like to have a directory for regressions only. ¹ > > >> Could you move your example file to trac then? > > > Why should I copy it each time from trac when I want to check if the > > file compiles? I am not very fond of trac for testfiles. > > OK. For non-developers, trac is the only way to publish test files, for > developers there are alternatives... > > So, back to a place for failing test samples¹. > > Alternatives: > > a) keep them local (this is what most developers currently do). > > +1 simple, good if you work alone on an issue > -1 no collaboration > > b) put to autotests/export/ and add a commented inversion pattern > > +1 no need to move the sample once it works > +1 problem description can be seen without opening a lyx file, > at the same place like other todo issues (without dedicated test file) > -1 mix of working and failing files in the sample directory > > c) put in a new directory and move once it works > > -1 problem description canot be seen without opening the lyx sample > +1 no mix of working and failing files in the sample directory >
We could combine b) + c)
The mix of working and failing files would be still there, but clearly
separated.
> For c), also the entry
>
> # Probably language mess
> export/export/ja/wrong_auto_encoding_(dvi|pdf(|3))
>
> must be removed from suspiciousTests and the file moved.
>
Yes
> We should also consider that there are already "autotest" files scattered
> at several places:
>
> development/autotests/
Historical reasons. I confess that moving the export cmake files from there
makes sense.
This is not really difficult, I already separated the tasks for keytests and
export tests.
> autotests/
> Testing/ # Logs written to Testing/Temporary/
This is in the build-dir, no way to change the path.
> Suggestions:
>
> * collect the autotest files under one of
>
> Testing/autotests/ or
> development/autotests/
There are some mails from Georg explaining why the /autotests dir is created.
> * rename (Testing|development)/autotests/export/ to
> (Testing|development)/autotests/samples/
>
> * eventually add .../autotests/failing-samples/
> or .../autotests/samples/failing/
+1
> Add a README in the samples/ and failing(-samples)? directory, explaining
> for all to place working samples here and failing samples there.
>
> Günter
>
>
> ¹ mind, that the "longest labeling label" problem is not a *regression* -
> is is there from the beginning of LyX (well actually only since the
> support for "longest label").
>
Once it is corrected it will be part of regressions.
Kornel
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