Esteban Manchado Velázquez writes ("Re: Dpkg testing framework and Ubuntu's automated testing (was: Re: Dpkg testing framework, take 5)"): > I meant functional vs. unit tests. I guess it doesn't make sense to try to > run unit tests in the installed system, partly because the sources aren't > available (one would have to do "apt-get source dpkg" or something like > that)... and because the unit tests should pass regardless of the > installation. But I just wanted to confirm :-)
I'm afraid I don't know what the distinction is that you're making. `Functional tests' and `unit tests' are jargon from test-obsessed people :-) that I don't understand, so you'll have to explain it to me. Ian.