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Re: Autotools GSoC ideas


From: Stefano Lattarini
Subject: Re: Autotools GSoC ideas
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 20:39:10 +0100
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On Tuesday 08 March 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> Hi Robert,
> 
> * Robert Collins wrote on Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 02:57:44AM CET:
> > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 1:10 AM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > > I'll throw a couple of suggestions for Autotools out there:
> > >
> > > 1) Interfacing with the Test Anything Protocol (TAP) (or maybe another
> > > test protocol?).
> 
> > I've mentioned subunit before - its similar to TAP but slightly more
> > structured and capable of handling binary attachments and so on.
> 
> Right, I forgot about the name, _again_.  Thanks for reminding me.
> 
> So let's extend the suggestion to include evaluating the best protocol
> (or set of protocols) to use/interface to.
> 
I don't know how the GSoC proposals are evaluated, but if reviewers tend
to prefer more precise goals, extending the proposal in this way might
not be a smart move.  Maybe something like the following would be better?

 ``Interfacing with the Test Anything Protocol (TAP).  If possible, try
   to write an implementation that will allow future extensions to
   similar but more advanced advanced protocols (e.g., subunit, which
   is similar to TAP but slightly more structured, capable of handling
   binary attachments, and so on).''

Just my 2 cents.

Regards,
  Stefano



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