On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 8:46 AM, Rebecca Hauck <rha...@adobe.com> wrote: > Hi Dirk & Everyone, > > Dirk, your question about this in IRC the other day was timely indeed. > > I've recently written a batch of tests for CSS Regions that I intend to > submit to both the W3C and Webkit (and have planned more to come). Rather > than push two slightly different versions of the same tests to each repo, > and to address how these tests are to be maintained over time, I took a stab > automating the import and just submitted a patch [1]. > > I know this conversation was started a while ago as I attended the WK > Contributor's meeting last spring where my colleagues Jacob Goldstein and > Alan Stearns led the discussion. I was sort of new onto the scene then and > was pretty much a lurker in the meeting, so you probably don't remember me. > I recall that much of the debate was about handling failing tests, approved > vs. submitted, duplicates, etc. Since all I've done is automate the > mechanics of the import itself, I have not solved a lot of those issues, but > the conversion of tests certainly had its own set of things to consider. I > figured I would put this one piece in place, get feedback on it, and > hopefully resurrect the discussion on fitting this into the bigger picture. > A great goal would be to have this script run on an automated schedule and > to extend it to deal with test results, expected failures, etc. > > All of the dirty details are in the ChangeLog of the patch and in the script > headers, but I basically tried to cover #8 from last spring's meeting notes > [2]. I think the script covers all of those bullets, with that last bullet > as "sort of." I also got a little inspiration from the > import-w3c-performance-wg-tests that already exists. I followed a few of > their steps, but had to add a few layers to handle the added complexity of > the CSS test suites. > > Dirk, when you have a chance, take a look. Review it with gusto as you say. > And anyone else who's interested, your feedback is welcome. I fairly > certain this will go a few rounds before it's settled. :) >
Thanks, Rebecca! It will be great if we can start regularly importing and running the W3C's tests. (I'll review the patch and post any other comments on the bug). -- Dirk _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev