Re: Using test-lib.sh under GPLv3?

From: Michal Sojka <sojkam1-jqs2mhkdom/twjqa/oni9g@public.gmane.org>
Date: Feb 16, 2010, 13:06 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <m3aav98oj7.fsf-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>

On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:27:37 -0800 (PST), Jakub Narebski <jnareb-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

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> Michal Sojka <sojkam1-jQs2MHkdoM/twjQa/ONI9g@public.gmane.org> writes:
> 
> > I like the simple and powerful test suite used by Git and I would like
> > to use something like that in Notmuch project (http://notmuchmail.org/).
> > [...]
>
> Have you thought about using TAP (Test Anything Protocol) format for
> your testsuite?  Its page (http://testanything.org) has a TAP-producing
> bash library: http://testanything.org/wiki/index.php/Tap-functions

Yes, somebody has mentiond TAP on notmuch list. From a quick look at TAP shell library it seems to me a bit more complex then git's library and it also requires bash.

If we need to use some TAP-based tools, we could easily change the output of git's library to conform to TAP. Right?

Michal