Re: Passing parameters to test scripts

2007-04-04 Thread Chris Dolan
On Apr 4, 2007, at 1:41 PM, Eric Wilhelm wrote: What I was thinking of here was more along the lines of how to get Test::Class to play that game. It already does. I routinely do stuff like this with Test::Class: env TEST_METHOD='student_.*' ./Build testcover to test, say, the student port

Re: Passing parameters to test scripts

2007-04-04 Thread chromatic
On Wednesday 04 April 2007 11:41, Eric Wilhelm wrote: > # from chromatic > >It seems to me that we already have a good way of separating tests per > > their behavior: separate test files and even separate test > > directories. > Correct. See my other post and the test profiles thing in > Module

Re: Passing parameters to test scripts

2007-04-04 Thread Eric Wilhelm
# from chromatic # on Wednesday 04 April 2007 11:24 am: >> Can we think about this in terms of the producer supporting some >> sort of dynamic skip concept involving labels or such?  Possibly a >> bit of yaml shoved in an environment variable? > >It seems to me that we already have a good way of s

Re: Passing parameters to test scripts

2007-04-04 Thread chromatic
On Wednesday 04 April 2007 11:11, Eric Wilhelm wrote: > Can we think about this in terms of the producer supporting some sort of > dynamic skip concept involving labels or such?  Possibly a bit of yaml > shoved in an environment variable? It seems to me that we already have a good way of separati

Re: Passing parameters to test scripts

2007-04-04 Thread Eric Wilhelm
# from Philippe Bruhat (BooK) # on Wednesday 04 April 2007 05:42 am: >Usually because I want to run a specific subset of tests only. > >A typical example is: > >    $ AMS_REMOTE=1 perl -Ilib t/90up2date.t simpsons >    1..26 >    # Testing 13 themes using the network (may take a while) >    ok 1 #

Re: Passing parameters to test scripts

2007-04-04 Thread Eric Wilhelm
# from Andy Armstrong # on Wednesday 04 April 2007 05:58 am: >  runtests t/*.t --select regression,docs > >Would select only regression and documentation tests. That's just an   >example plucked out of the ether of course - it wouldn't /have/ to   >work like that. Meaning that every test has to d

Re: Passing parameters to test scripts

2007-04-04 Thread Eric Hacker
On 4/4/07, Philippe Bruhat (BooK) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've found myself passing parameters to some of my tests scripts. Usually because I want to run a specific subset of tests only. ... Thoughts, anyone? Wonderful idea. I'll take it off of my list of things to bring up someday. I oft

Re: Passing parameters to test scripts

2007-04-04 Thread Philippe Bruhat (BooK)
Le mercredi 04 avril 2007 à 13:58, Andy Armstrong écrivait: > > If you're running more than one test script with runtests / prove > you'll presumably be sending the same arguments to all of them. So it > might make sense to think about a standard(ish) vocabulary for args - > so that: > > r

Re: Passing parameters to test scripts

2007-04-04 Thread Ovid
--- "Philippe Bruhat (BooK)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > These parameters are obviously tightly linked to the test script > itself, > but I think it would be nice if prove allowed me to pass arguments to > my test scripts. Naturally, it would be my responsibility, as the > developer of the test s

Re: Passing parameters to test scripts

2007-04-04 Thread Michael G Schwern
Philippe Bruhat (BooK) wrote: > Hi, > > I've found myself passing parameters to some of my tests scripts. > Usually because I want to run a specific subset of tests only. > > A typical example is: > > $ AMS_REMOTE=1 perl -Ilib t/90up2date.t simpsons Why not use an environment variable? You

Re: Passing parameters to test scripts

2007-04-04 Thread Andy Armstrong
On 4 Apr 2007, at 13:42, Philippe Bruhat (BooK) wrote: Would it make sense to patch Test::Harness (and Test::Harness::Strap) so that _command_line() would be able to create a command-line with parameters? Thoughts, anyone? It sounds like a sensible idea to me. It'd probably make more sense t

Passing parameters to test scripts

2007-04-04 Thread Philippe Bruhat (BooK)
Hi, I've found myself passing parameters to some of my tests scripts. Usually because I want to run a specific subset of tests only. A typical example is: $ AMS_REMOTE=1 perl -Ilib t/90up2date.t simpsons 1..26 # Testing 13 themes using the network (may take a while) ok 1 # skip A

YAPC::Europe Call for Hackathons

2007-04-04 Thread Thomas Klausner
! YAPC::Europe 2007 is looking for people who would like to moderate a ~3 hour hackathon on e.g. Perl Testing, TAP, etc. You can find more information on what we're looking for and what we can offer to moderators (eg travel funding) on our website: http://vienna.yapceurope.org/ye2007/cfh.html