RE: [cdt-dev] Re-structure of CDT's Unit test project(s)

[Sebastien Marineau <sebastien@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks Peter, Doug, I've forwarded request on to webmaster. 

Sebastien

> +1 from me
> -Peter
> 
> Sebastien Marineau wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I'll throw out the new component proposal to the mailing list
> > for reference, and to let folks comment.
> > 
> > The proposal is for the creation of a newplugin,
> > org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests.
> > This component is to hold the core tests (which are now in 
> the ui.tests
> > plugin).
> > The initial committer list for the core.tests plugin would 
> be the same
> > as the current committer list for the 
> org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests plugin.
> > 
> > If this is fine with everyone, I'll send the request in. It 
> should get 
> > done within the next day or two.
> > 
> > Sebastien
> >  
> > 
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> >>>Hi CDT Dev,
> >>>
> >>>I've been playing around in my own environment, and I 
> would like to 
> >>>propose a little restructuring of the Unit tests in CDT 
> >>
> >>(starting with 
> >>
> >>>org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests=OEC.ui.tests). 
> >>>
> >>>1) Presently OEC.ui.tests includes a lot of tests of 
> >>
> >>OEC.core; these 
> >>
> >>>should be separated to their own project OEC.core.tests.
> >>>As necessary other test projects should be similarly 
> >>
> >>created as necessary. 
> >>
> >>> In the long-term, this would mean that every plug-in has 
> >>
> >>its own test 
> >>
> >>>plug-in; in the immediate short-term, we need only one 
> more plugin: 
> >>>org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests.
> >>>
> >>>2) The internal structure of these *.tests projects could 
> >>
> >>be shuffled 
> >>
> >>>around such that:
> >>>a) the test classes reside in a package hierarchy that 
> >>
> >>mimicks the source 
> >>
> >>>files they test
> >>>b) any supporting uncompiled files (eg input files for the 
> >>
> >>parser) reside 
> >>
> >>>in a parallel hierarchy
> >>>c) any supporting java files (eg frameworks) reside in 
> >>
> >>their own package
> >>
> >>>The intent of all of this is to make it easier to keep 
> >>
> >>tests up-to-date, 
> >>
> >>>and easier for a new contributor to figure out where and 
> >>
> >>how to add new 
> >>
> >>>tests.
> >>>
> >>>This topic is becoming more relevant as we start to increase our 
> >>>soon-to-be-automated regression tests by adding more unit tests. 
> >>>
> >>>Any thoughts, or objections?
> >>>
> >>
> >>None, if you are voluntaring to do it 8-)
> >>It is a good idea.
> >>
> >>
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