[Libva] [PATCH RFC intel-driver 01/11] test: add googletest release-1.8.0 source

Eoff, Ullysses A ullysses.a.eoff at intel.com
Fri Sep 2 19:00:57 UTC 2016


Also, note that I only copied the relevant source files, docs, license, and readme from gtest.
I omitted all the build files, scripts, and gmock stuff.  Thus, it is not a copy of the
entire google test repository.

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U. Artie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Libva [mailto:libva-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf Of Eoff, Ullysses A
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2016 11:49 AM
> To: Víctor M. Jáquez L. <vjaquez at igalia.com>
> Cc: libva at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: Re: [Libva] [PATCH RFC intel-driver 01/11] test: add googletest release-1.8.0 source
> 
> Hi Victor,
> 
> Yes, we considered using git submodule at first.  However, after discussion with
> Sree and others we decided it would be better to just track a copy instead.
> 
> Git submodule has a few shortcomings that make it less than ideal when integrating
> with CI and automation systems.
> 
> U. Artie
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Víctor M. Jáquez L. [mailto:vjaquez at igalia.com]
> > Sent: Friday, September 02, 2016 1:10 AM
> > To: Eoff, Ullysses A <ullysses.a.eoff at intel.com>
> > Cc: libva at lists.freedesktop.org
> > Subject: Re: [Libva] [PATCH RFC intel-driver 01/11] test: add googletest release-1.8.0 source
> >
> > Hi Artie,
> >
> > On 09/01/16 at 12:59pm, U. Artie Eoff wrote:
> > > We will use the Google Test Framework for testing.
> > >
> > > Google Test is not meant to be packaged and used as a system
> > > dependency like other libraries.  Google Test recommends that
> > > it be custom compiled for each project that uses it.  Thus,
> > > we'll keep our own copy of it here and compile it as needed.
> >
> > Just wondering, do you have thought about using git submodule for this,
> > instead of keeping a whole copy of the g-t-f?
> >
> > vmjl
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