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Re: [RFC PATCH v3 1/1] unit tests: Add a project plan document

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 29, 2023, 21:21 UTC
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Linus Arver <linusa@google.com> writes:
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>> ...
>> +https://github.com/ThrowTheSwitch/Unity[Unity],?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?
>> +https://github.com/siu/minunit[minunit],?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?
>> +https://cunit.sourceforge.net/[CUnit],?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?
>> +https://www.kindahl.net/mytap/doc/index.html[MyTAP],[lime-background]#True#,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?
>> +|=====
>
> This table is a little hard to read. Do you have your patch on GitHub or
> somewhere else where this table is rendered with HTML?
Great suggestion (veiled in a question).
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> It would help to explain each of the answers that are filled in
> with the word "Partial", to better understand why it is the case. I
> suspect this might get a little verbose, in which case I suggest just
> giving each framework its own heading.
>
> The column names here are slightly different from the headings used
> under "Desired features"; I suggest making them the same.
>
> Also, how about grouping some of these together? For example "Diagnostic
> output" and "Coverage reports" feel like they could be grouped under
> "Output formats". Here's one way to group these:
>
>     1. Output formats
>
>     TAP support
>     Diagnostic output
>     Coverage reports
>
>     2. Cost of adoption
>
>     Vendorable / ubiquitous
>     Maintainable / extensible
>     Major platform support
>
>     3. Performance flexibility
>
>     Parallel execution
>     Lazy test planning
>     Runtime-skippable tests
>     Scheduling / re-running
>
>     4. Developer experience
>
>     Mocks
>     Signal & exception handling
>
> I can think of some other metrics to add to the comparison, namely:
>
>     1. Age (how old is the framework)
>     2. Size in KLOC (thousands of lines of code)
>     3. Adoption rate (which notable C projects already use this framework?)
>     4. Project health (how active are its developers?)
>
> I think for 3 and 4, we could probably mine some data out of GitHub
> itself.

Great additions (if we are mere users do we care much about #2, though?).

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Message 28 of 32 in “Add an external testing library for unit tests”
  1. 0/4 Add an external testing library for unit testssteadmon@google.com, May 17, 2023
  2. 1/4 common-main: split common_exit() into a new filesteadmon@google.com, May 17, 2023
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2023
  4. Splitting common-main (Was: Re: [PATCH RFC v2 1/4] common-main: split common_exit() into a new file)Josh Steadmon, Jul 14, 2023
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 15, 2023
  6. Jeff HostetlerAug 14, 2023
  7. 2/4 unit tests: Add a project plan documentsteadmon@google.com, May 17, 2023
  8. Phillip WoodMay 18, 2023
  9. Glen ChooMay 18, 2023
  10. Josh SteadmonMay 24, 2023
  11. Phillip WoodJun 1, 2023
  12. 3/4 Add C TAP harnesssteadmon@google.com, May 17, 2023
  13. Phillip WoodMay 18, 2023
  14. Josh SteadmonMay 18, 2023
  15. 4/4 unit test: add basic example and build rulessteadmon@google.com, May 17, 2023
  16. Phillip WoodMay 18, 2023
  17. 0/1 Add a project document for adding unit testsJosh Steadmon, Jun 9, 2023
  18. 1/1 unit tests: Add a project plan documentJosh Steadmon, Jun 9, 2023
  19. Junio C HamanoJun 13, 2023
  20. Josh SteadmonJun 30, 2023
  21. Linus ArverJun 29, 2023
  22. Josh SteadmonJun 29, 2023
  23. Linus ArverJun 30, 2023
  24. Glen ChooJul 6, 2023
  25. Junio C HamanoJul 6, 2023
  26. Glen ChooJul 6, 2023
  27. Josh SteadmonJun 30, 2023
  28. Junio C HamanoJun 29, 2023
  29. Linus ArverJun 30, 2023
  30. Phillip WoodJun 30, 2023
  31. K WanJun 30, 2023
  32. Josh SteadmonJun 30, 2023

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