1 The ctests are not convenient tests. In this file we can attempt to log the
2 benefits and costs to using them so we can periodically evaluate which tests we
3 should keep and which we should get rid of.
5 Below are some objective costs:
7 - The time it takes to run the ctests.
8 - The email discussion back-and-forth.
10 There are also some non-objective costs. The ctests are annoying and not fun to
11 maintain, discuss, and fix. Although it's hard to measure this "annoyance"
12 cost, it should be taken into account when we review.
14 Below we can try to keep a log of which bugs are found with which ctests. This
15 way we can see which tests are the most useful. It is difficult to objectively
16 differentiate between minor bugs and important bugs.
18 The "Benefit" row gives the amount of days in-between when an issue is found
19 because of the ctests and when an issue is reported by someone not using the
22 The "ctest" row gives a ctest pattern for the tests that were affected by the
25 Examples where convergence tests took time and annoyance to figure out that
26 they were actually "false positives" (i.e., no bug that is worth the time or
29 https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=20210125200655.e27xaaoy2belyxhw%40tallinn
32 Examples where bugs were fixed (more quickly) because of ctests:
34 Report : https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=20210126190837.pwuxhrhrikzszfrh%40tallinn
37 Report : https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=b0a33192bc5635bd1cb5596e346f9c34615ffeb4.camel%40lyx.org
44 Report : https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=20210218051838.jbwnemfv5ilhlsls%40tallinn
53 Report : https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=20210523014926.xewdr5x62br2okvy%40tallinn
56 Report : https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=20210528001413.56phju7dvfn4dexs%40tallinn
59 Report : https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=20210529174524.idnmt5w4tvhuvyy6%40tallinn
60 Note1 : We are still not sure what to do regarding how to make it more user-friendly
61 for users to realize that "-dALLOWPSTRANSPARENCY" is needed for the ps2pdf converter.
62 Benefit: 14 days (https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/12303)
64 Report : https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=20211205190238.edrtqmg3fkdr7gbo%40poole
65 Fix : 489bf46a, e3489d54
67 Report : https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=20220205184128.4clckanaufwmx5z4%40gary
70 Report : https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=20220206142559.rpgwki7wruhtasxp%40gary
73 Report : https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=20220310131706.qdthdjblfpme2wew%40gary
75 ctests : examples/Welcome_pdf2
81 Examples where upstream (e.g., LaTeX packages) bugs were fixed (more quickly)
84 Fix : https://github.com/nrnrnr/noweb/pull/12#event-4892099481
86 Report : (private message to Jürgen: Message-ID:<20211205192054.zbxij5butj3wdyvf@poole>)
87 Fix : some of the polyglossia commits in the range 1c36dcdc^...bf69288c
88 Benefit: Not clear. The regressions were in the development version so they
89 could have easily been caught before release.
91 Report : https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=20211207200100.o27ojaftehrjfcza%40poole
95 Report : (private message to Jürgen: LyXMessage-ID:<20220216020703.la2fd5gu7yz7y7dc@gary>)
96 Fix : https://github.com/reutenauer/polyglossia/commit/c7489ebaf8c66a7e4fe2529de7068ebb79c68812
97 Benefit: Not clear. The regressions were in the development version so they
98 could have easily been caught before release.
99 ctests : export/export/lyx2lyx/revert-languages-polyglossia-primary_lyx22
102 Report : https://github.com/latex3/latex2e/issues/836
103 Fix : none yet, but confirmed as a bug.
104 ctests : doc/EmbeddedObjects