[kepler-dev] Actor testing question

[Timothy McPhillips]

Hi Dan,

We could write such a script.  My understanding, though, was that  
actor tests would be designed specifically to test one or a small  
number of particular actors, and that each actor would have at least  
one test that verified its behavior. The list would declare which  
actors are under test in this sense.

The list would also make it easier for others to verify that the test  
does indeed test the declared actors effectively.

What do you think?

Tim

On Apr 4, 2006, at 1:24 PM, Dan Higgins wrote:

> Tim,
>    You are correct. The nightly build does NOT yet handle the list  
> of tested actors following each test.
>
>    (Just a thought: Do we really need this? Could we not write a  
> script that pulls a list of actors from the workflow itself?)
>
> Dan
>
> Timothy McPhillips wrote:
>
>> Hi Ilkay (and other actor test writers),
>>
>> There are updated instructions for writing actor tests in lib/  
>> actor_test_instructions.txt, and a new file for listing actors  
>> that  cannot be effectively tested according to these instructions  
>> (but  nevertheless should be included in the release) in lib/  
>> untestable_actors.txt.
>>
>> Both files reflect the updates to the actor testing procedure  
>> agreed  upon during the March 22 conference call.
>>
>> I don't believe the nightly build script yet handles a list of  
>> tested  actors following each test specified in test- 
>> workflows.lst.  (Is this  correct, Dan?)  However, this is not a  
>> reason to avoid contributing  tests at this time.
>>
>> Please let me know if you have any questions or run into  
>> difficulties.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>> On Apr 3, 2006, at 12:16 PM, Ilkay Altintas wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi Tim and others involved in actor testing,
>>>
>>> Are there any updates on actor testing that we need to do before   
>>> the release?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> -ilkay
>>>
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