Re: Keeping your test source code in a separate,but parallelsource tree

2003-07-13 Thread Dave Ford
> in the long run > it will be better to sacrifice some > variability for a standard, even if > some of the standard is ad hoc. That's a good point Jason. Dave Ford Smart Soft - The Developer Training Company http://www.smart-soft.com -

Re: Keeping your test source code in a separate,but parallelsource tree

2003-07-13 Thread Jason van Zyl
On Sun, 2003-07-13 at 15:00, Mark R. Diggory wrote: > This is all but one opinion on the subject. IMHO, as this is a user list > and not a developer list, I'd advise that moderation should not be so > restrictive when the subject matter is not at all off topic. > > I also think that "comparing t

Re: Keeping your test source code in a separate,but parallelsource tree

2003-07-13 Thread Jason van Zyl
On Sun, 2003-07-13 at 14:43, Mark R. Diggory wrote: > Thanks Gilles, > > Its good to know that this is configurable, I'm working on another > project where we're trying to get Maven working but cannot yet > restructure the cvs to meet "assumed Maven best practices" without > breaking the old bu

Re: Keeping your test source code in a separate, but parallelsource tree

2003-07-13 Thread Bob Cumbers
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Re: Keeping your test source code in a separate, but parallelsource tree

2003-07-12 Thread Jason van Zyl
On Sat, 2003-07-12 at 14:43, Bill Lynch wrote: > I agree - I prefer to manage 2 separate directories and I think it's easier to > understand projects if they're structured that way. But, I do think you're right > - it'd be great if Maven could handle either approach. Well, I don't think it woul

Re: Keeping your test source code in a separate, but parallelsource tree

2003-07-12 Thread Jason van Zyl
On Sat, 2003-07-12 at 20:02, Dave Ford wrote: > So, back to my question. Why is this a best practice? It's what we have chosen for reasons I mentioned in my previous email and we've embodied those choices in the test plugin. > Maybe it's a common > practices, possibly a standard practiced, but

RE: Keeping your test source code in a separate, but parallelsource tree

2003-07-12 Thread Jason van Zyl
On Sat, 2003-07-12 at 13:57, Brendan Lawlor wrote: > I do exactly as Dave Ford does - I keep my unit test classes in the same > packages as the production code under test. I find it good for the same > reasons as Dave outlines, and separating them at delivery time using ant > in a fileset is very

Re: Keeping your test source code in a separate, but parallelsource tree

2003-07-12 Thread Jason van Zyl
On Sat, 2003-07-12 at 12:20, Dave Ford wrote: > The Maven web site lists "Keeping your test source code in a separate, but > parallel source tree" as best practices. > > Q1: Why is this a best practice? It just seems like an extra thing to > maintain to me, making package name refactoring for trou