Re: [Htmlparser-developer] future directions

[Somik R. <so...@ya...>]

Hi Derrick,
    Sorry for not replying earlier, I have been out of town, and the last
few days have been really busy.

> I didn't mean to imply that the existing testcases be discarded. No,
> they are excellent.
> But do they have good code coverage? Do they represent a significant
> portion of valid HTML constructs? Can they be said to probe the invalid
> HTML space in a meaningful way? The only way to do this is via
> automation. Perhaps the fit framework can be used as the front end for
> it, but nobody is going to hand-craft thousands of tests.

I agree with you. The FIT framework can reduce the coding burden if it ends
up as a frontend for most of our acceptance tests.

I need a break, yes, and I do think that you can lead the project far beyond
my ideas. I am not attached to the work already done, and in fact, don't
want to leave you with some of the poor design that I did a long time back.
So, I will focus on cleaning up the core areas, which will be useful in the
long run.

It will be great if you try making the releases from this week- so we can
make a smooth transition. Before running the script, I usually run the
WikiGrabber (first delete the docs directory) which brings in the latest
docs from our Wiki.

Regards,
Somik