From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19082 invoked from network); 23 Jul 2008 16:57:00 -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=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,HTML_MESSAGE 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 16:57:00 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 24730 invoked from network); 23 Jul 2008 16:56:56 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 23 Jul 2008 16:56:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 24015 invoked by alias); 23 Jul 2008 16:56:54 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 25331 Received: (qmail 20604 invoked from network); 23 Jul 2008 16:50:13 -0000 Received: from bifrost.dotsrc.org (130.225.254.106) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 23 Jul 2008 16:50:13 -0000 Received: from bay0-omc2-s13.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s13.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.149]) by bifrost.dotsrc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2EDC80561C3 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:50:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: from BAY131-W49 ([65.55.136.84]) by bay0-omc2-s13.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:50:09 -0700 Message-ID: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_3a966e2c-6d41-4a9e-a0fe-b28bb3551458_" X-Originating-IP: [221.219.13.104] From: MicoJade To: Subject: Please help: How to test/hack Zsh and find bugs? Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:50:08 +0000 Importance: High MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Jul 2008 16:50:09.0379 (UTC) FILETIME=[2ABD0B30:01C8ECE4] X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.92.1/7797/Wed Jul 23 17:31:49 2008 on bifrost X-Virus-Status: Clean --_3a966e2c-6d41-4a9e-a0fe-b28bb3551458_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="gb2312" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi, 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? Please give me some ideas as I am totally new with this. Thank you in adavance! I'd like to do some testing for it but have no idea of where to start from. David _________________________________________________________________ MSN 中文网，最新时尚生活资讯，白领聚集门户。 http://cn.msn.com --_3a966e2c-6d41-4a9e-a0fe-b28bb3551458_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="gb2312" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi,
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?

Please give me some ideas as I am totally new with this. Thank you in adavance! I'd like to do some testing for it but have no idea of where to start from.

David

轻松把Hotmail下载到本地，试试 Windows Live Mail。 立即尝试！ --_3a966e2c-6d41-4a9e-a0fe-b28bb3551458_-- 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/