SUnits documentation Re: Is this list a chat or a list REALLY ?

Karl Ramberg karl.ramberg at chello.se
Wed Aug 15 05:17:47 UTC 2001


John M McIntosh wrote:
> 
> At 10:00 AM +0200 8/9/01, Stephane Ducasse wrote:
> >         - much better enhancement integration instead of waiting that SqC
> >         agrees or does the job (I think that this should not be their role).
> >         I have the feeling that Squeak is not open. This is not intended
> >         against SqC but against the process itself.
> >
> I think the freebsd team has a paid (slightly> position for a change
> management coordinator. The fellow responsible for collecting all
> changes or change requests and asking the developers where things
> stand from month to month.
> 
> It would be interesting if people supplied SUnits with their
> enhancements and we actually had a SUnit test suite <that people
> could add to> that we could run from time to time to ensure
> everything still worked. Although people adding code are responsible
> for ensure they don't break things it's difficult due to complexity
> to test everything <is that even feasible now ?> however isn't that
> what computer run test suites are for? Getting new features and code
> is nice, but having test suites to ensure they aren't broken in the
> future is even better. This doesn't address the issue about how
> change happens, but it's important too.

I tried to test the SUnits a while back and did not understand 
anything. I'd love a good writeup on how to use SUnits and how to write
test suite for your own code.

Karl




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