From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: testing framework and package.el Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:41:23 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87tyladfnf.fsf@gmx.de> <4CA5DBA2.4050102@fastmail.net> <87tyl5i737.fsf@gmx.de> <4CA86026.1020000@fastmail.net> <87vd5jvw1q.fsf@gmx.de> <4CA9F483.8020000@fastmail.net> <87lj6dewf7.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4CAA7CA2.5050302@fastmail.net> <87zkut8d7y.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <4CB2D84E.5010405@fastmail.net> <87d3rg6rl9.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1286876516 26567 80.91.229.12 (12 Oct 2010 09:41:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:41:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , emacs-devel Mailinglist , Sebastian Rose , Christian Ohler , Stefan Monnier To: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 12 11:41:54 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P5bMo-0003bc-EE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:41:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35814 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P5bMn-0000f3-Mu for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:41:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=33770 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P5bMe-0000eo-UI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:41:45 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P5bMe-0002ph-0q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:41:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-qy0-f176.google.com ([209.85.216.176]:35287) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P5bMd-0002pV-Tg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:41:43 -0400 Original-Received: by qyk29 with SMTP id 29so5399974qyk.0 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:41:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=WWi46+UnO/KYUZkZI8SGORKYnTbM5UnqX61qiaHOwPA=; b=ukZSeDYklchjGAzsjp53wbOt0fA+j86O93uFmAS8Ma1TMsKfNiaBRBAKC6xPlj/V+V UvGJjwm+0cHZRZ225/wFzD+JFtLP6VsSng/KvUXShXgpJWayoGb9UwUTyOm7kV96ViLm ZGbDSLnY87X8OckViiCE3LgSDeIOLUoyKEzMs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=xSlifgTkSqLgTsoHSRoNcTdlNQDcy4i8U9+kJuOlM+Vv4sSNpt6dUtzERvV56Apbba PdBK5RdKnA5GbNRij8Fb0HI2cRYQ156otDY0EDekqPBcgtx8zOAuFoGRGjdI0O3KcXQ2 pm1fwxTi5XDamxEfJ7RGjO3HywEBIrdcbBeNI= Original-Received: by 10.229.211.7 with SMTP id gm7mr6138357qcb.72.1286876503309; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:41:43 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.229.220.195 with HTTP; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:41:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87d3rg6rl9.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:131628 Archived-At: On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 5:02 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull w= rote: > > You're right that changing the convention is not too hard for the > framework, but getting tests to be backward compatible is going to be > annoying if you don't plan for it from the beginning. =C2=A0In practice i= t > very likely won't happen, and that's unfortunate. I don't understand. Is there any other way supporting backward compatibility of the test than actually running them from time to time in older versions? Why does it matter very much where they are located?