[XML-SIG] "Borrowed" tests

Uche Ogbuji uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com
Sun, 08 Apr 2001 20:25:46 -0600


> > If these are worth keeping, where should we put them?
> 
> I think it is always worth to keep test cases. The other question is
> whether it is worth distributing them with every PyXML/4Suite
> installation. On cvs.pyxml.sourceforge.net, a new test module was
> created to carry test cases which are not meant to be shipped - so
> that would be another option.

OK.  I'll put them here to start.

> One of the problems I have with your "borrowed" test cases is that it
> is not always easy to tell PASS from FAIL; they just produce a lot of
> output. To be useful for a user, a clear pass/fail indication is
> necessary.

Hmm.  All the 4DOM and 4XSLT tests do indicate pass/fail using the "[OK]" or 
"[FAILED]" notation we borrowed from Red Hat start-up scripts.


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