From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dhruva Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Need for a Emacs regression test suite Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 23:21:54 +0530 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189273927 2063 80.91.229.12 (8 Sep 2007 17:52:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 17:52:07 +0000 (UTC) To: "Emacs Devel" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 08 19:52:07 2007 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 4.50) id 1IU4TW-0007RG-FU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2007 19:52:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IU4TU-0002fJ-Ax for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:52:04 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IU4TP-0002cl-9g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:51:59 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IU4TN-0002aU-Ip for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:51:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IU4TN-0002aF-DP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:51:57 -0400 Original-Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.185]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IU4TM-0005Bg-Ng for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:51:56 -0400 Original-Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id e27so669863nfd for ; Sat, 08 Sep 2007 10:51:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; bh=i2kVpb+RMnfyrxL4qgsCsmRQvVwJU6qy3iGlnRhmWGk=; b=eMCH4+GO3XHFQK6mFhSn/lWtDqo+8w0WKDbYYsrR0fBnwdkdzrHJ+/fgKSk/4NthKNuJVJ9+ZAoZMnNDFdqmY3dR/w/yqGqqqFNuJcTK1rN0OkMo/0ECz5hhcb1MzVWowwuarIqZIsNdkVR7ZuSBlPqRcXAsTjPVdqYNNL+OkQU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=evf687OeGTVWpVmmYoERbwCGnK1XIoC1VHCVwdIb9h9tO1O514yao7DXzgTD5ceRjqYkheeXQ0xDnP9KNIWIs7sMIq+CI6ZzZp+uq6voTHtYi77mRMj0gSadfOgblCxTMR1vqyfxuAmE/mQU5WoNqbQa1eAUyZ0FCmUrcXUdXcw= Original-Received: by 10.78.140.17 with SMTP id n17mr1153157hud.1189273914194; Sat, 08 Sep 2007 10:51:54 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.78.90.19 with HTTP; Sat, 8 Sep 2007 10:51:54 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline X-Detected-Kernel: 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:78276 Archived-At: Hi, The various changes getting into Emacs and number of things breaking sporadically, IMO we need to have a regression suite. A collection batch mode scripts and macros to test the GUI invocation. It will take time to build it but would be useful. We can catch issues during big merges much earlier in the cycle. We could start small and build up the suite. What does the core team feel? -dky -- Dhruva Krishnamurthy Contents reflect my personal views only!