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
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Max TenEyck Woodbury