[Bioperl-l] Please do not commit without testing

[Chris Fields]

On Nov 23, 2006, at 4:39 PM, Nathan S. Haigh wrote:

> Sendu Bala wrote:
>>
>> I posted to the list about it on the 17th in thread 'Testing with
>> Build.PL'. Where would you suggest a good place on the wiki would  
>> be to
>> mention something like that?
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>
> I'd possibly put it somewhere like:
> http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/Developer_Information
>
> If there's enough stuff to create a new page? If so, how about a page
> called "testing" or "test suite" or "running tests"??
>
> Just ensure it's given the "Developer resources" Category to make it
> that bit easier to locate.
>
> Nath
...

I think we need to gear some docs not just towards users but also  
towards potential developers, so maybe a HOWTO for writing and  
running tests might be the best way to go.

Christopher Fields
Postdoctoral Researcher
Lab of Dr. Robert Switzer
Dept of Biochemistry
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign