Re: [PATCH] {maint} maintcheck: look for problematic names of testcases

2011-03-16 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hi Ralf. Just a minor "linguistic" note ... > > > It's nicer to avoid bugs than having to work around them. > > > > > I have to say that, when it comes to error checking, I tend to prefer > > automation that warns me noisily (+1 if it also offers advices) to > > automation that tries to second-gu

Re: [PATCH] {maint} maintcheck: look for problematic names of testcases

2011-03-16 Thread Stefano Lattarini
[dropping bug-autoconf] On Wednesday 16 March 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > [ adding bug-autoconf ] > > * Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 06:24:28AM CET: > > So, can we just quote the argument so it's not detected by m4? > > > > me_quoted=`echo "$me" | sed 's,..,&@\&t@,g'` > >

Re: [PATCH] {maint} maintcheck: look for problematic names of testcases

2011-03-16 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 07:31:09PM CET: > > > > It's nicer to avoid bugs than having to work around them. > > > > > > > I have to say that, when it comes to error checking, I tend to prefer > > > automation that warns me noisily (+1 if it also offers advices) to > > > auto

Re: [PATCH] {maint} maintcheck: look for problematic names of testcases

2011-03-16 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Wednesday 16 March 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 07:31:09PM CET: > > > > > It's nicer to avoid bugs than having to work around them. > > > > > > > > > I have to say that, when it comes to error checking, I tend to prefer > > > > automation that

Re: [PATCH] {maint} maintcheck: look for problematic names of testcases

2011-03-16 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:51:29PM CET: > > Or maybe we could define a "maintainer-check" that looks at the > > testcases' names and complains about suspicious ones... I'll > > give it a shot unless someone beats me. > > > Done in the attached patch. OK with nits address