[Hackage] #212: Overhaul Cabal's testsuite
#212: Overhaul Cabal's testsuite ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: duncan | Owner: Type: task | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.2.3.0 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: very hard (<1 week) | Ghcversion: 6.8.2 Platform: | ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- The current testsuite based on HUnit is almost completely bitrotted. Anyone who wants to take this on has essentially a completely clean slate to work from. The current system is split into two parts. There are hunit tests in many of the modules guarded by #ifdef DEBUG. Then there are external tests in the `tests/` subdirectory. The #ifdef DEBUG style is annoying since it involves using more CPP than seem really necessary. A couple notes from the old `TODO` file: {{{ ** add a make target or command for tests we know will fail? ** setup test suite to run on --push? ** redirect non-hunit outputs to a file? }}} One possibility that is available to us now that was not before is using the hackage collection as part of a regression test. For example it should always be possible to parse all the `.cabal` files in the index. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/212 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects
#212: Overhaul Cabal's testsuite ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: duncan | Owner: Type: task | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.2.3.0 Severity: normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: very hard (<1 week) Ghcversion: 6.8.2 | Platform: ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Comment (by duncan): A couple more item from the old TODO: {{{ ** error cases for parsing command-line args ** reading & writing configuration-dropping ** test / port code for Hugs }}} In theory it works with hugs, in practice it does not get tested much. {{{ ** use-cases based on SimonPJ's doc }}} This probably refers to the original [http://haskell.org/cabal/proposal/ Cabal proposal] which presented some use cases. The idea would be to turn these into some test cases and make sure they go smoothly. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/212#comment:1 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects
#212: Overhaul Cabal's testsuite ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: duncan | Owner: Type: task | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Cabal-1.6 Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.2.3.0 Severity: normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: very hard (<1 week) Ghcversion: 6.8.2 | Platform: ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Changes (by duncan): * milestone: => Cabal-1.6 -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/212#comment:2 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects
#212: Overhaul Cabal's testsuite ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: duncan | Owner: Type: task | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Cabal-1.8 Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.2.3.0 Severity: normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: very hard (<1 week) Ghcversion: 6.8.2 | Platform: ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Changes (by duncan): * milestone: Cabal-1.6 => Cabal-1.8 -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/212#comment:3 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects
participants (1)
-
Hackage