Re: Regression testing of tetex

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp> wrote:

>> Wow, that would be something, but unfortunately I don't have the time
>> ...
>
> If you're already testing your packages at all currently, it's not
> too much overhead.
>
> If you aren't running any tests, well that probably tells something
> about the current quality of your packages.
>
> Anyway, it's something you build up slowly on while testing your
> packages so that you don't have to do the same thing again.

Did you notice that this sounds as if you were accusing Norbert of being
lazy, and/or of bad package quality?  I don't think this is acceptable,
without giving detailed reasons.  Especially since 

- the tests discussed should be added upstream, or within the general
  testing project I suggested - at least this is how I understood
  Norbert

- Currently, only a few packages run automated tests upon building; even
  less have added these in the Debian packaging

- AFAIK there's no testing framework yet, so that "building up tests
  slowly" is more than just editing a few files, it means slowly typing
  more and more commands (and waiting for them to finish, of course),
  *and* inspecting the typeset output.

Regards, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX)