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Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:06:59 +0100
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To: Eric Stewart <ericleestewart@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Tests repository (run-tests.php)
From: hannes.magnusson@gmail.com (Hannes Magnusson)

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 22:18, Eric Stewart <ericleestewart@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 6:37 AM, Jani Taskinen <jani.taskinen@iki.fi> wro=
te:
>
>> On 03/12/2010 12:29 PM, Hannes Magnusson wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:18, Jani Taskinen<jani.taskinen@iki.fi>
>>> =A0wrote:
>>>
>>>> Having tests in multiple branches is PITA. Hasn't anyone considered th=
at
>>>> the
>>>> best way would be to move all tests into their own repository
>>>> (directory..whatever :) in SVN..? Considering they are supposed to be
>>>> used
>>>> for testing against regressions and BC breaks, they should always be
>>>> runnable using any PHP version?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thats actually a fairly good idea.
>>>
>>> Some tests however are not supposed to work in earlier releases, so we
>>> need to either add a new
>>> =3D=3DSKIP-VERSION=3D=3D
>>> 5.2, 5.1, 5.0
>>>
>>
>> Perhaps something like required min version is better.
>>
>> Any ideas who has been working on the improved test stuff? Or was that j=
ust
>> a dream?
>>
>
> First of all, I apologize for the subject line change, but this really is=
 a
> different issue than the test repository itself.
>
> It was started by George during last years GSOC. Zoe and Stefan were also
> working on it after GSOC ended. Both Zoe and Stefan ran out of time and i=
t
> went dormant for a bit. I contacted Zoe about the status and offered to p=
ick
> it up, but I also offered to organize TestFest this year.


Write up a description and post it again on http://wiki.php.net/gsoc ?

-Hannes