Sam Tregar wrote:
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> On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Dave Paris wrote:
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> > A patch test should do a minimum of two things:
> > (a) prove the existance of the problem *before* the patch.
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> If the patch solves a problem (versus adding a feature), this is true.
just to be consistent, a test to prove th
On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Dave Paris wrote:
> A patch test should do a minimum of two things:
> (a) prove the existance of the problem *before* the patch.
If the patch solves a problem (versus adding a feature), this is true.
> (b) prove the problem has been fixed *after* the patch - without
> break
Michael G Schwern wrote:
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> In One Sentence
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> All patches to perl must have an associated testing patch.
[...]
A patch test should do a minimum of two things:
(a) prove the existance of the problem *before* the patch.
(b) prove the problem has been fixed *after* the patch
