2021-01-26 18:19:34 +00:00
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The ctests are not convenient tests. In this file we can attempt to log the
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benefits and costs to using them so we can periodically evaluate which tests we
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should keep and which we should get rid of.
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Below are some objective costs:
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- The time it takes to run the ctests.
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- The email discussion back-and-forth.
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There are also some non-objective costs. The ctests are annoying and not fun to
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maintain, discuss, and fix. Although it's hard to measure this "annoyance"
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cost, it should be taken into account when we review.
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Below we can try to keep a log of which bugs are found with which ctests. This
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way we can see which tests are the most useful. It is difficult to objectively
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differentiate between minor bugs and important bugs.
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2021-01-26 18:28:41 +00:00
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2021-01-28 05:14:37 +00:00
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Examples where convergence tests took time and annoyance to figure out that
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they were actually "false positives" (i.e., no bug that is worth the time or
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complexity to fix):
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2021-01-26 18:28:41 +00:00
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https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=20210125200655.e27xaaoy2belyxhw%40tallinn
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2021-01-28 05:25:30 +00:00
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Examples where bugs were fixed because of ctests:
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Report : https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=20210126190837.pwuxhrhrikzszfrh%40tallinn
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Fix : 92f8612a
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2021-01-28 16:59:41 +00:00
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Report : https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=b0a33192bc5635bd1cb5596e346f9c34615ffeb4.camel%40lyx.org
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Fix : ab1d418f
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2021-02-06 03:45:14 +00:00
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Fix : ef2b2827
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