On 8 January 2015 at 19:47, Dennis E. Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote:
> I updated the .gitattributes file to include the binary formats I am > aware of, including all that I found in the POI repository. > > This is not promised to be comprehensive and people should watch for > other formats and check that .gitattributes is current. > Super and thanks. > > Finally, I decline to take the initiative to create a folder of test > documents in the current repository. > I am convinced too that it is a bad idea, a second repo is a lot better. rgds jan i > > - Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: jan i [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2015 08:53 > To: [email protected]; Dennis Hamilton > Subject: Re: Test Documents (was RE: Coding Standards page) > > On 8 January 2015 at 17:15, Dennis E. Hamilton <[email protected]> > wrote: > > [ ... ] > > <orcmid> > > When I went looking for a test directory, I found Peter's test > > documents. > > As well as I could determine, they are all .html files, so there is > > nothing to do. > > > > Looking at the poi files, I see that there are many in binary formats. > > I could simply add those to the list of binaries in .gitattributes. > > It would be better to have some sort of files to confirm that the > > .gitattributes is working, like a specimen of each file extension. > > > > I can make the .gitattributes changes. It will need to be reviewed > > </orcmid> > > > > > > > > My bad, I have one in my branch but it is not in the repo....I think > went > > away because peter moved test cases into docFormats, since they were all > > white box testing. > > > > We need a test dir at top level for black box tests, please create one. > May > > I suggest we add the poi test documents in a subdir, with a readme file > > that informs the origin. > [ ... ] > > <orcmid> > > I am not taking an action on creation of a test directory. There is > > Need for more conversation on organization and whether to fork or to > > fetch, etc., to be considered. Also, there is no discussion yet > > of how tests themselves are conducted using whatever test documents > > there are. > > </orcmid> > > > > [ ... ] > >
