On 8/1/24 10:27, Shuah Khan wrote:
On 8/1/24 02:42, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
On 7/31/24 9:57 PM, Shuah Khan wrote:
On 7/31/24 07:39, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
Don't print that 88 sub-tests are going to be executed, but then skip.
This is against TAP compliance. Instead check pre-requisites first
before printing total number of tests.
Does TAP clearly mention this?
Yes from https://testanything.org/tap-version-13-specification.html
Skipping everything
This listing shows that the entire listing is a skip. No tests were run.
TAP version 13
1..0 # skip because English-to-French translator isn't installed
One more thing on TAP compliance - we don't strive to be TAP compliant
as it doesn't meet our special needs.
It is important to keep the how many tests could be run to improve testing
coverage.
Refer to: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/dev-tools/ktap.html
"The Linux Kernel largely uses TAP output for test results. However, Kernel
testing frameworks have special needs for test results which don’t align with
the original TAP specification. Thus, a “Kernel TAP” (KTAP) format is specified
to extend and alter TAP to support these use-cases. This specification describes
the generally accepted format of KTAP as it is currently used in the kernel."
I appreciate the effort you are putting into improving the reports. I request
that you refer to the above document and also keep in mind what would help us
improve our testing over focusing just on reports and compliance.
thanks,
-- Shuah
