On Sun, 22 Jun 2003, Jan Wieck wrote: > The Hermit Hacker wrote: > > On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Dann Corbit wrote: > > > >> Designing tests is busywork. Desiging tests is boring. Nobody wants to > >> design tests, let alone interpret the results and define correct > >> baselines. But testing is very, very important. > > > > But we do do testing ... we even design testing (in the form of the > > regression tests) ... we just don't do testing that you personally approve > > of ... and, from what I've seen so far, you aren't willing to actually put > > *your* time where your mouth is ... design some tests and submit them to > > us ... if they are valid, they will get used ... > > > > If you feel that crash-me is a valid starting point, start there and see > > where it takes you ... > > Not that fast! I didn't take the time to check but it wouldn't surprise > me if MySQL's crash-me is GPL'd and copyright MySQL AB. That's not an > optimal point to start PostgreSQL test code from, is it?
I didn't say to copy it, but if the format is what Dann feels is required to be taken seriously, it does give a starting point to work from ... the thing is, as I think it was Tom that pointed out, the crash-me is more a feature tester then anything ... but Dann appears to be stuck on it as the 'be all, end all of testing suites' ... ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])