[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #2105: Missing guidelines for testing

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#2105: Missing guidelines for testing
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 Reporter:  wenzeslaus      |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  task            |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  7.0.0                    
Component:  Tests           |     Version:  svn-trunk                
 Keywords:  testing, tests  |    Platform:  Unspecified              
      Cpu:  Unspecified     |  
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Changes (by neteler):

  * component:  Docs => Tests


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:1 huhabla]:
 > And i have the experience that nobody cares to implement module or
 library tests ... .

 It would be great fun to get this Makefile target globally implemented:

 make test

 See http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Test_Suite#Make_system

 > Replying to wenzeslaus:
 > > There is also a mailing list about testing:
 > >  *  http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-qa
 > > But it is not active.

 It was active for some years being the outcome of a series of articles:

 A Novel approach to Optimize Clone Refactoring Activity
 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1143997.1144312

 A Language-Independent Software Renovation Framework
 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2004.03.033

 Moving to smaller libraries via clustering and genetic algorithms
 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1192439

 > > ''Maybe, we need Tests component in Trac?''

 Added.

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