Daemon <wineforum-user at winehq.org> at Nov 19, 2008 2:55 PM (MST) wrote
about: [Wine] Re: What does "fixing tests failures" mean for
users?>
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>Fazer wrote:
>> Tests prove the correctness of code. Generally, when working out a
bug or implementation you write a test that passes on Windows and then work on
Wine until the test passes there and cause no additional failures. Higher test
coverage prevents regressions and serves as documentation.
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> How would you go about *NOT* building the /Tests directories &
makefiles from source? It practically doubles the compile time for no added
benefit for me.
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The question is why would you not want to run the tests? The tests verify that
your build completed satisfactorily. I would not trust my own work if there
were no tests to back up my work.
You could always use someone else's build to avoid running the tests.
James Mckenzie
