From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20098 invoked from network); 23 Jul 2008 21:57:29 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 23 Jul 2008 21:57:29 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 14010 invoked from network); 23 Jul 2008 21:57:23 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 23 Jul 2008 21:57:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 5106 invoked by alias); 23 Jul 2008 21:57:20 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 25333 Received: (qmail 5089 invoked from network); 23 Jul 2008 21:57:19 -0000 Received: from bifrost.dotsrc.org (130.225.254.106) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 23 Jul 2008 21:57:19 -0000 Received: from mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com [81.103.221.47]) by bifrost.dotsrc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B339280561C3 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:57:16 +0200 (CEST) Received: from aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.35]) by mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20080723220218.RDYA28496.mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com>; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:02:18 +0100 Received: from pws-pc ([81.107.40.67]) by aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20080723215723.NNVU18637.aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@pws-pc>; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:57:23 +0100 Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:57:05 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson To: MicoJade , Subject: Re: Please help: How to test/hack Zsh and find bugs? Message-ID: <20080723225705.2179783c@pws-pc> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.92.1/7804/Wed Jul 23 23:09:44 2008 on bifrost X-Virus-Status: Clean On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:50:08 +0000 MicoJade wrote: > I want to know how does a developer(say a Zsh application developer > who actually works on Zsh or port Zsh) do testing for Zsh either by > unit design testing, or hack testing for a Zsh release before it > finally is released? > > Are there any classical test cases that we can use to do the testing > for the Zsh and find bugs for Zsh or the ported Zsh on specific OS > platform? You should find that the test suite in the Test subdirectory of the zsh distribution is a good starting point. If those are passing, there can't be much wrong. There main gap in the coverage is purely interactive features such as job control. -- Peter Stephenson Web page now at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/p.w.stephenson/