Re: [Pkg-octave-devel] Testing m-files

[Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@laboissiere.net>]

* Oliver Heimlich <oheim@posteo.de> [2016-02-15 17:48]:

> You should add |xtest|warning to the regexp to be able test such 
> m-files as well.

This is a good idea, thanks.  I will implement it soon.

I guess we should also include "fail", shouldn't we?

> Also we should consider to fail the build if unit tests fail.

I have no recollection why we decided that failing unit tests should not 
prevent the package build.  There was probably a compelling reason for 
that.  At any rate, it became the standard practice for the DOG packages.

> I have enabled this for the supplementary tst-files in the 
> octave-interval. I'd prefer to also enable this behavior in 
> octave-pkg.mk. Would you prefer a configuration switch?

Yes, a configuration switch would be a good idea.  I will think about 
this.

Raael