Thank you Dan.
> What problem are you trying to solve?
Curing my ignorance and rebuild my self-confidence. :)
> I gather you're just plowing through the output of 'make test',
> looking at each bit of noise, and trying to figure out a way
> to improve the tests?
Sort of. I needed a place to start, so I started at the top of
the log. I expect that to change once I become more sure that I
have the mechanics correct.
There are several things I'm trying to do. First is to find
the place where each 'bit of noise' is generated. I seem to be
doing that right. Then I look at why the noise was generated and
to show that I've understood why, I wrote a note on how the
'noise' could be turned off without changing the test. I
labelled these 'fixup:'. I then looked at the test code and
added 'Note:'s where I thought the test could be improved.
> While that's a noble quest, and I'd like to encourage people
> to improve the tests, it might be more productive to do so
> around areas of pain for users.
> For instance, you could look at bugs in bugzilla that have
> patches attached that aren't committed yet because tests are
> needed, and write those tests.
> - Dan
That sounds useful. I also have a few issues I'd like fixed
too. However, it's been more than five years since I've done
serious coding; things happened that destroyed my
self-confidence. A little reassurance that I am not crazy and
have the social skills needed to contribute to the community
are what I need at the moment.
- Max