Re: Regression testing of tetex
Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp> wrote:
>> - the tests discussed should be added upstream, or within the general
>> testing project I suggested - at least this is how I understood
>> Norbert
>
> Yes, I agree that's the case. So there are two aspects to this
> 'automatic testing'
>
> 1. Upstream point of view: extensively testing every style file etc,
> so that we have enough coverage and high-quality tex distribution.
>
> 2. Debian point of view: assume upstream has already done some
> QA. Debian is adding some packaging scripts, and they need to be
> tested on top. To make sure the Debian-added portions work,
> implement some kind of 'package install -- build tex file -- check
> result' script.
>
> Debian doesn't need an extensive scripting; we need some kind of
> minimal test that checks for some fonts, some stylesheets, some
> hyphenation, some dvi->ps->pdf dvi->pdf translation, so that what
> we're generating under /etc/texmf and /var/lib/texmf are somewhat
> correct.
What I occasionally do before uploading (after larger changes) is copy
array.dtx from /usr/share/texmf/source/latex/tools/array.dtx and run
latex/dvips and pdflatex over it, and I do it once without and once with
tetex-extra installed - this also tests the font setup, since array.dtx
uses lots of fonts in metafont format without, and type1 with
tetex-extra.
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX)
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