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Re: [RFC/WIP/PATCH v2] gitweb: add test suite with Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGI

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 16, 2008, 20:15 UTC
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Lea Wiemann wrote:
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> Jakub Narebski wrote:
>> Lea Wiemann wrote:
>>
>> How would you ensure cold cache?
> 
> Use a unique key prefix, like "gw:test-$PID:<key>"
I was thinking rather about dropping cache somewhat.
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>>> 3. Get all those URL's again *with* caching (from a warm cache), and 
>>> assert that the output is identical.
>> 
>> it might have "cached output" somewhere in the output.
> 
> We can make that deactivatable so that the output is actually identical.
Good idea.  Or we can just do diff and check the difference.

BTW. another thing worth considering: generating "Generating page..." or something like that like kernel.org's gitweb does when it has to regenerate cache. Nice feature, that is.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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  1. gitweb: Use Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGI to test gitweb outputJakub Narebski, Jun 14, 2008
  2. Lea WiemannJun 14, 2008
  3. Jakub NarebskiJun 14, 2008
  4. Lea WiemannJun 14, 2008
  5. Jakub NarebskiJun 14, 2008
  6. Lea WiemannJun 14, 2008
  7. Jakub NarebskiJun 15, 2008
  8. Lea WiemannJun 14, 2008
  9. Jakub NarebskiJun 14, 2008
  10. gitweb: add test suite with Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGILea Wiemann, Jun 14, 2008
  11. Jakub NarebskiJun 15, 2008
  12. Lea WiemannJun 15, 2008
  13. Jakub NarebskiJun 16, 2008
  14. Lea WiemannJun 16, 2008
  15. Jakub NarebskiJun 16, 2008
  16. gitweb: add test suite with Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGILea Wiemann, Jun 20, 2008
  17. Jakub NarebskiJun 20, 2008
  18. Lea WiemannJun 20, 2008
  19. Jakub NarebskiJun 20, 2008
  20. Lea WiemannJun 20, 2008
  21. gitweb: add test suite with Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGILea Wiemann, Jun 20, 2008
  22. gitweb: add test suite with Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGILea Wiemann, Jun 23, 2008
  23. gitweb: add test suite with Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGILea Wiemann, Jun 23, 2008
  24. Junio C HamanoJun 23, 2008
  25. Lea WiemannJun 23, 2008
  26. Jakub NarebskiJun 23, 2008
  27. Lea WiemannJun 23, 2008
  28. Jakub NarebskiJun 23, 2008
  29. Lea WiemannJun 24, 2008
  30. gitweb: add test suite with Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGILea Wiemann, Jun 24, 2008
  31. gitweb: add test suite with Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGILea Wiemann, Jun 26, 2008
  32. gitweb: add test suite with Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGILea Wiemann, Jun 26, 2008
  33. Jakub NarebskiJun 29, 2008
  34. Lea WiemannJun 29, 2008
  35. Jakub NarebskiJun 29, 2008
  36. Lea WiemannJun 30, 2008
  37. Jakub NarebskiJun 30, 2008
  38. Junio C HamanoJun 24, 2008
  39. Lea WiemannJun 24, 2008
  40. Jakub NarebskiJun 24, 2008
  41. Jakub NarebskiJun 30, 2008

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