[Gmailagent-devel] Re: My approach to a test suite

[Waseem S. D. <wd...@MI...>]

On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 16:44 +0200, Stas Z wrote:
> I have no problem with the tests, they all pass.
> I'm using the test account of course, you've received the mails about
> that I hope?
Yep, I made one as well.

> I always want to make sure the test I use are executed in order, no
> matter if order matters
> or not. I think that a test suite should be as controlled as possible,
> so I want my tests done
> in a fixed order.
> But your the libgmail2 maintainer so it's your call :-)
Seems reasonable

> BTW, we should think about making libgmail2 a seperate package, not a
> seperate project, but
> a package which is part of the gmailagent project.
> It would be easier for another project to use libgmail2.
Definitely.

> > Thought: I can understand why you don't like the
> > delete-contacts-every-time approach, but the advantage there is that we
> > start with a clean slate every time, and we don't need to worry about
> > maybe test suites that only half-ran, etc., before. This way you can run
> > the tests on any gmail account, not one you have to prepare by hand
> > first.
> You can be serious about that, when I run the test suite against my
> gmail account all
> my contacts will be gone !
> That's why I set up another gmail account for us to use.
I agree that you wouldn't want to do it on any gmail account, I just
dislike the idea of having to prime the account by putting it into some
special state before we can use it -- which makes things more difficult
if we start to make more advanced tests, as well.

Either way is fine really, I just think this approach is simpler from a
testing standpoint (fewer variables).

> BTW, are you on the gmailagent-devel list? It would be better to
> discuss devel issues there.
Yep, I've been cc:ing my mail there, and I'm a member.

- Waseem