Tests contributions

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patrickallaert

-Hannes

2009/7/20 Pierre Joye pierre.php@gmail.com:

hi,

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Patrick
ALLAERTpatrick.allaert@gmail.com wrote:

Hi lists,

Running many "make test" on different platforms (including Solaris and
OpenVMS), I'd like to contribute a little bit more than my karma let
me do.
For now, I have access to php-src/ext/ldap only, however I'd like to
backport changes in phpt files that have been done in HEAD and/or
PHP_5_3 to PHP_5_2.

One example of this is backporting r265951:
http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=265951

Would you agree granting me access to */tests so that I can improve
testability of PHP_5_2?

Done (and NEWS too). Also try to commit the tests in all branches at
the same time, see http://news.php.net/php.internals/44993 for a
detailed explanation :)

Thanks Pierre,

Concerning Rasmus' method, I agree, but partially.

Merge shouldn't be done with something else than "svn merge" or a
frontend to it, SVN having merge tracking since v1.5 we shoudn't use
plain diff/patch when the operation could be done 100% natively. Ok
otherwise.

MFH/MFB should be avoided and native tracking through svn:mergeinfo
should be promoted. Mixing the two will lead to not taking the benefit
of SVN against CVS IMHO.

My best practices:

1. commit to HEAD.
2. "svn merge" for every supported branches.
3. one single commit for all the branches as Rasmus explained.

Doesn't need any fancy tool or frontend, 100% native and tracking included.

To be validated by RM's maybe ? :-)

Patrick