On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Greg Stein wrote: > On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 09:44:15PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I am still slowly working through the test suite for APR, and I have come > > upon testucs. This is a program that is specifically written for > > Windows. The goal of the APR test suite is to test APR and prove that all > > implementations of APR are equivalent. The testucs program does not do > > that. Either it should be re-written so that it works on all platforms, > > or it should be removed. Unless I hear otherwise, I will remove it on > > Thursday. > > -1 on removal > > The goal of the APR test suite is to ensure that APR works properly. If > there is functionality somewhere in APR, then testing it is valid. If that > functionality happens to be platform specific, then so be it. > > We export a portable *API*, but 90% of the code is platform specific. And > that stuff needs to be tested. > > If the test sucks, then fine. But I disagree with the rationale of > equivalency as a basis for accepting a test program.
Then somebody needs to port it to Unix. Ryan _______________________________________________________________________________ Ryan Bloom [EMAIL PROTECTED] 550 Jean St Oakland CA 94610 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
