[htdig-dev] Re: testing

[Lachlan A. <lh...@us...>]

Thanks for the offer of testing, Ted.

Regarding test cases, I think that the main part of testing at the=20
moment is actually generating the test cases.  Essentially, we have=20
to use each of the features of ht://Dig and make sure that it works=20
as documented.  Neal has suggested testing each of the configuration=20
attributes and command line arguments.  If we're keen, we should also=20
test each template variable.

=46rom the attached list of attributes, select a group of attributes. =20
Write a config file which sets each of them to some value.  One by=20
one, change the attribute in a way which should produce an observable=20
change, and make sure you observe that change.  For example, if you=20
were testing the "meta" group, you would check that, with=20
create_url_list=3Dtrue, it correctly creates a list of URLs retrieved,=20
and that with create_url_list=3Dfalse, it doesn't create such a list.

This testing may be very simplistic, but it does reveal bugs.

Thanks again,
Lachlan

On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 23:23, Ted Stresen-Reuter wrote:
> I'm happy to do testing on Mac OS X.
> When requesting help testing, please provide a test case (the steps
> one must take to complete the test) and the intended behavior (so
> the testers know what to look for and what shouldn't be appearing).

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