[Scons-dev] tools and testing

[Bill Deegan]

Russel,

Seems like pieces of it (including a new Node type) should be unit testable.
Also, Can Dub pull from a local repository, or is there a stable, but small
web accessible repository?

-Bill

On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 2:58 AM, Russel Winder <russel at winder.org.uk> wrote:

> SCons policy is no tests, no entry into the repository. In the main,
> this is a good thing. However, for the dub tool, it can only be tested
> by making access to the Dub repository. This is a very different
> scenario to the classic SCons tool which is testable entirely within a
> local sandbox without access to the Internet.
>
> Tools such as https://bitbucket.org/scons/scons/wiki/DownloadUnpack
> exist only on the wiki (perhaps another examnple to make a repository
> from?) and so there is no testing obligation.
>
> So does this mean dub has no chance of entry into the main repository?
> Obviously I can cope with the answer yes, but now is the time for
> discussion so as to inform future management of it and the evolution of
> the dmd, ldc, and gdc tools.
>
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