[Firebird-test] newbie testing questions

[Leen De S. <lee...@sc...>]

Hi guys,

I want to run the tests accompanying Firebird, but I can't get the hang
of it. I downloaded the latest stable release (Firebird 1.5.1), Qmtest
(+ dependencies), read the QA docs a couple of times, but I can't find
out where to download the Firebird QA toolbox mentioned in the docs (I
need the qadbm tool in order to create a test database from the CVS
module qdbm - and qadbm seems to be part of that QA toolkit).
 
I don't even know if I will be able to run all of the tests since the
README accompanying the qmdb module says something about the tests not
running on Linux (which is my OS). Does anyone know if this has been
fixed?

Also, when looking at the CVS tree, I saw that there was a directory
called client-java containing (predictably :) Java code. That code is
accompanied by JUnit test code which should, unlike the rest of the
QMtests, run on Linux. But I can't seem to figure out what this part
does exactly. I've seen that this code is not part of the stable release
I downloaded from Sourceforge, and I wonder why.

I apologize in advance if these questions seem ignorant to you guys :/
The problem is that I don't have the time to dig any further and find
the answers myself. I'm reviewing Firebird as part of my master's
thesis, and I can't afford to spend weeks trying to understand what each
part of the code does. I've read most of the docs I could get my hands
on (both in the Sourceforge docs section and the homepage docs), but I
still can't find the information I'm looking for.

It would be really great if you guys could help me out.

Thanks in advance!

Leen

PS: If you want to follow up on the review, here's the link:
http://www.win.ua.ac.be/~s005407/thesis/pmwiki.php/ThesisTracker/Firebird
Comments and suggestions are always welcome.