Re: [BuildStream] Standardized tests - 2

[Benjamin Schubert <contact benschubert me>]

Hey Darius,

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On Friday, 10 January 2020 11:57, Darius Makovsky <darius makovsky codethink co uk> wrote:

> Hi Ben,
>
> On 03/01/2020 10:28, Benjamin Schubert wrote:
>
> > > Would it make more sense for there to be a collection
> > > point defined in testing for this instead?
> >
> > I am not sure what you mean by "in testing". Do you mean by that in the
> > 'tests' folder of the plugin?
>
> I meant to say that the 'tests' module of buildstream can have have a module which registers plugins and 
> generates tests for the plugin api.

This would have the disadvantage that this would not get installed with BuildStream anymore, and therefore, 
plugin authors would not be able to use the standardized tests.

I believe it is better to stay with the current approach and ship those tests as part of the main package.


Cheers,
Ben