Re: [Java-gnome-developer] junit version

[Andrew C. <an...@op...>]

On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 10:55 -0300, Leonardo wrote:
> currently i'm trying to compile the 4.0.7 version of java-gnome under
> slackware 

You should pop into #java-gnome and get in touch with Scott Harmon, IRC
nick "MacGyver", as he did some work to package on Dropline a few years
ago. He hasn't really had much to do with java-gnome since then, but he
might be able to offer some pointers.


> everything seems going well, i now have /usr/share/java, have junit
> but i don't know which version of junit you guys use;

I have junit 3.8.1 here.

Distros with good Java packaging generally ship both 3.8 and 4.x and
parallel install them. They have completely different APIs

        (in Gentoo's case they are two different slots; the package
        handle in java-config are "junit" and "junit-4" and the
        junit.jar are installed in different tree locations; admittedly
        Gentoo has [unusually for Gentoo] a very strong and activist
        Policy when it comes to Java [packaging])

        (Come to think of it, and Eclipse drop has both in it as well)
        
though I seem to remember once being told that junit 4.0 had a 3.8
compatibility module in it.

++

As it happens, junit 3.8 was stable and the only thing widely available
when we first started our unit test suite a few years ago. Some time has
passed, and we could perhaps migrate to the 4.0 branch of junit. {shrug}

There hasn't been a compelling reason to; our tests work just fine of
course. If someone wanted to make a case for changing versions and then
writing the patch to do so, that'd be something we could discuss on
java-gnome-hackers. I don't have strong feelings either way, other than
junit.jar aka 3.8.1 being widely available is helpful.

AfC
Sydney