Ok , i got it :) Thanks for the feedback, earlier I was a little bit confused about the domain of testing aspect i wil mark your instructions, and will try to focus more on the betterment of testing framework.
On Mon, Mar 22, 2021, 06:14 suzuki toshiya <mpsuz...@hiroshima-u.ac.jp> wrote: > Dear Sarthak, > > It seems that you think as - the FreeType is a huge software which the > compiler generates so many warnings, like uninitialized variable, passing > the inappropriate typed values, etc etc, and some of them are related with > the rasterization results. It is not. Even if you try to extract something > from the compiler warning messages, most of them are not related with the > difference in the rasterization results between version X and version Y, > although some of them can be related with the software vulnerabilities. > > The assumed testing framework is basically for the minimization of the > regression of the rasterized image, not the "code quality" or "secure > coding" itself. If the "code quality" or "secure coding" is at the highest > priority, what we need is more generic inspector, instead of the > FreeType-specific framework. The assumed "testing" in the GSoC theme is > basically the rasterization results. > > Regards, > mpsuzuki > > On 2021/03/22 4:22, sarthak bhardwaj wrote: > > hello werner, > > I think I could be explained earlier in detail from my side, sorry for > that if I am not getting it wrong, In this project( as far I have observed) > the sequence should be like that - > > > > > > * firstly we need to set up continuous integration services > compatible with GitLab. > > * After setting up we need to add compilation and some desired > functionality tests to our code, along with these services we can use a > custom test harness(It is a collection of software and test data configured > to test a program unit by running it under varying conditions and > monitoring its behavior and outputs. ... Test harnesses allow for the > automation of tests.) to check for compile errors. > > > > > > This is my opinion about it, I might be wrong, Please correct me if I > have misunderstood the thing, and do suggest your opinion about this > > > > Thanks in advance :) > > Sarthak Bhardwaj > > > > >
