Re: [PATCH] make test: NOTMUCH_TEST_QUIET=1 is now the default

[Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi>]

On Sun, Sep 20 2015, David Bremner <david@tethera.net> wrote:

> Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi> writes:
>
>> make test V=1 (or any other value than 0) and make test V=0
>> works similar way as build in general
>> ---
>>
>> This is 2nd try: In first one I changed test-lib.sh -- there problem
>> was the precedence between command line argument and NOTMUCH_TEST_QUIET
>> environment variable. Here I don't see a problem there (although
>> env NOTMUCH_TEST_QUIET=1 make test V=1 will make environment variable
>> overrule the V=1 -- I am not sure who cares, though :D)
>>
>> Anyway, Someone(TM) may have better solution in mind, so let's
>> get bikeshedding going!
>>
>
> One thing I thought of was that we could replace the use of
> NOTMUCH_TEST_QUIET with e.g. NOTMUCH_TEST_VERBOSE, and have that set by
> the command line argument --verbose.  This would be less work on the
> Makefile side, but I guess a bit more on the test-lib.sh side. I suppose
> it might also be an annoyance for some people currently using
> NOTMUCH_TEST_QUIET in some autobuilder setup. At the moment I can't
> think of what would really break by changing this "API", but knows. The
> current behaviour of having NOTMUCH_TEST_QUIET and --verbose completely
> independent is pretty surprising.

There was 2 primary motivations when I did that patch (which I forgot to
mark rfc although I thought doing so) 1) that was the fastest at the time
being and 2) the --verbose is already in use in test-lib.sh. 

First thing that come to my mind is that if (-v|--v[e[r[b[o[s[e]]]]]])
option is for the suggested purpose its current behaviour is removed
and when the option is not give user is informed how to activate "verbose"
progress -- but as said that is just first thought...


Making NOTMUCH_TEST_QUIET no-op is probably no annoyance to anyone...

>
> d
>
> P.S. I hope you appreciate my classic "scope-creep" technique in
> bikeshedding. ;)

In test-related issues that is fine by me.


Tomi