From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Robert W Anderson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs test suite? Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 18:17:09 -0800 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <3E2767A5.6020809@alumni.princeton.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1042769828 7831 80.91.224.249 (17 Jan 2003 02:17:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 02:17:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18ZM4B-00022B-00 for ; Fri, 17 Jan 2003 03:17:07 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18ZMDO-0007k3-00 for ; Fri, 17 Jan 2003 03:26:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ZM4O-00077Y-08 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 16 Jan 2003 21:17:20 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ZM43-00070q-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jan 2003 21:16:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ZM40-0006tk-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jan 2003 21:16:57 -0500 Original-Received: from pimout4-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.63.103]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ZM40-0006qY-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jan 2003 21:16:56 -0500 Original-Received: from alumni.princeton.edu (adsl-63-207-14-122.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.207.14.122])id h0H2GmBK289364 for ; Thu, 16 Jan 2003 21:16:48 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:10789 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:10789 Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote: >"Robert Anderson" writes: > > When I help identify and fix bugs, I like to be able to provide a > "push-button" test case that demonstrates the problem, and > prevents regression once the problem has been fixed. > >this approach is also useful for new code. > > When I run "make check" for GNU emacs, it tells me there are no > tests for emacs yet. > > Have there been any initiatives to develop a testing system for > emacs? > >that's what the ftp site is for, no? (half-smiley.) > That went over my head. What ftp site? Bob