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From: "Björn Stenberg" <bjst@enea.com>
To: Koen Kooi <koen@dominion.thruhere.net>
Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add -ptest package group
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 09:08:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120903070836.GA18564@giant> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <98F0F262-DDBA-44BB-9DC5-8E4CFF354D59@dominion.thruhere.net>

Koen Kooi wrote:
> These have always been called ${PN}-tests, why the change?

When I discussed package testing informally before submitting patches, I found that some people tend to lump all types of testing into one big "Test" bucket and get very confused.

By giving this concept a slightly less generic name, we can discuss it specifically without confusing it with other types of tests.

The existing -tests recipes are, as far as I can see, standalone packages that have little in common with each other. In contrast, -ptest packages are designed to be more like -dev or -dbg packages in that they don't have separate recipes and they share a common interface.

-- 
Björn



  reply	other threads:[~2012-09-03  7:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-08-31 14:10 [PATCH 0/3] RFC: Package testing Björn Stenberg
2012-08-31 14:10 ` [PATCH 1/3] Add -ptest package group Björn Stenberg
2012-09-01 18:21   ` Koen Kooi
2012-09-03  7:08     ` Björn Stenberg [this message]
2012-08-31 14:10 ` [PATCH 2/3] Enable bash-ptest Björn Stenberg
2012-08-31 15:32   ` Saul Wold
2012-08-31 17:01     ` Björn Stenberg
2012-08-31 17:16       ` Saul Wold
2012-08-31 20:57     ` Khem Raj
2012-08-31 14:10 ` [PATCH 3/3] New recipe: ptest-runner Björn Stenberg

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