[LDTP-Dev] [Bug 349114] Integrate LDTP tests into jhbuild

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------- Comment #14 from Frederic Peters  2007-04-05 06:47 UTC -------
There is already support for make check in jhbuild.  Also, having tests in a
different module is not mandatory, we could support LDTP/Dogtail tests
integrated into application sources as well.

There are comments from David Malcolm wrt this issue:
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/dogtail-devel-list/2006-August/msg00001.html

I quote the relevant part:

  Whether tests should live with the software they test, or in a separate
  module is a much-debated area.  I think we should allow modules to have
  tests live inside them, if possible: an example of a module with inline
  dogtail tests is Frysk ( http://sourceware.org/frysk/ ) where the tests
  for the java-gnome GUI are deeply embedded within the rest of the test
  suite:
http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/frysk-gui/frysk/gui/test/dogtail_scripts/?cvsroot=frysk

  The caveat is that such a module can't be within the dependency tree for
  dogtail, or you'll run into circular dependency problems (I think).

  With my "distribution" hat on I have a preference for out-of-module test
  suites since it makes packaging easier:  I can run the tests on an
  installed package on a live distribution, without having to deal with a
  build system.  Though obviously this is heading off-topic for a
  tinderbox-style setup.


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