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It has often been said that the best way of finding out how to create a repository connector for Mylyn is to look at the source of the existing connectors. The SDK bundles offer a very convenient way of getting the sources, without having to checkout and track the Mylyn CVS repositories. One item which is missing from them are the test projects, which contain good indicators on how to write the test suites, which are critical for quality connectors. Please consider including the test projects in the SDK bundles.
That's an interesting idea. Most Eclipse SDKs don't seem to include tests as they can get very big particularly if there is lots of mock data. I have noticed that other projects such as WTP provide separate features with tests though. What are others thoughts about providing test bundles?
Maintaining a separate update site and features for unit tests seems a little over the top to me. Developers have full access to source code -- why is it better to distribute tests via a bundle+feature rather than via CVS? IMHO it's unlikely that we'll want to distribute separate test bundles via the standard update site. There will also be extra effort/complexity involved in maintaining these bundles and features. Testing infrastructure should be as lightweight as possible in order to better encourage creation of unit tests.
(In reply to comment #2) > Developers have full access to source code -- why is it > better to distribute tests via a bundle+feature rather than via CVS? As a connector developer, I do have access to source code, but it's much more convenient to use the SDK bundles, since: * I always have a version which matches my workspace installation; * It's easier to upgrade to a newer version; * There is no confusion over new projects being added; * Getting the bundles is much faster - usually from a local Eclipse mirror.
We have the build infrastructure in place for creating a feature that contains all unit tests. This feature is used to run nightly test so the additional cost of publishing that to an update site should be fairly low. Robert, how do you currently use the SDK features? Do you import Mylyn bundles as binaries with linked content? Would one Test feature with all tests do or would you expect separate features (e.g. for the main, extras and incubator)?
(In reply to comment #4) > Robert, how do you currently use the SDK features? Do you import Mylyn bundles > as binaries with linked content? Would one Test feature with all tests do or > would you expect separate features (e.g. for the main, extras and incubator)? Yes, I import the Mylyn bundles as binaries with linked content. As for the test feature, I believe just one would do nicely.
The Mylyn SDK is included in the RCP package and we need to consider the size of the feature. I think it would be fine to make the tests available in a separate tests feature. My sense is that most projects do it that way since it's less likely that developers look at tests if they are just integrating rather than modifying the source (in which case you would probably get it from cvs). Robert, would it be sufficient if we made tests available in a separate feature? We might leave that uncategorized to prevent users from accidentally installing it.
(In reply to comment #6) > Robert, would it be sufficient if we made tests available in a separate feature? > We might leave that uncategorized to prevent users from accidentally installing > it. That would be great.
I have added a "Mylyn Tests SDK" feature to the new weekly update site: http://download.eclipse.org/mylyn/snapshots/weekly/ .
Reopening to address dependency problem: Software being installed: Mylyn Tests SDK 3.5.0.I20110209-0414 (org.eclipse.mylyn.test_feature.feature.group 3.5.0.I20110209-0414) Missing requirement: Mylyn Tests 3.5.0.I20110209-0414 (org.eclipse.mylyn.tests 3.5.0.I20110209-0414) requires 'bundle org.eclipse.mylyn.hudson.tests 0.0.0' but it could not be found Cannot satisfy dependency: From: Mylyn Tests SDK 3.5.0.I20110209-0414 (org.eclipse.mylyn.test_feature.feature.group 3.5.0.I20110209-0414) To: org.eclipse.mylyn.tests [3.5.0.I20110209-0414] Software being installed: Mylyn Tests SDK 3.5.0.I20110209-0414 (org.eclipse.mylyn.test_feature.feature.group 3.5.0.I20110209-0414) Missing requirement: Mylyn UI Tests 3.5.0.I20110209-0414 (org.eclipse.mylyn.tests.ui 3.5.0.I20110209-0414) requires 'bundle org.eclipse.swtbot.eclipse.core 2.0.0' but it could not be found Cannot satisfy dependency: From: Mylyn Tests SDK 3.5.0.I20110209-0414 (org.eclipse.mylyn.test_feature.feature.group 3.5.0.I20110209-0414) To: org.eclipse.mylyn.tests.ui [3.5.0.I20110209-0414]
Removed org.eclipse.mylyn.tests plug-in from feature.
