From: Nathaniel Talbott <ntalbott@...>
Date: 2001-11-01T04:52:42+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:24023] Re: Test::Unit = Lapidary + RubyUnit

chad fowler [mailto:chadfowler@yahoo.com] wrote:

> --- Nathaniel Talbott <ntalbott@rolemodelsoft.com>
> wrote:
> > I've been in discussions with Masaki Suketa and Ken McKinlay about
the
> > different developer testing frameworks that exist, and what the
future
> > should look like as we try to get a framework into the standard
> > distribution. Masaki has (very graciously) agreed to have RubyUnit
merge
> > into Lapidary, and then the resulting framework, which will probably
be
> > named something simple like Test::Unit, will go into the Ruby
proper.
> > The current plan is for me to write an runit compatibility layer for
> > Lapidary, which I've already begun, and then release it along with
some
> > fairly deep changes in Lapidary 0.3.0. After everyone says they like
it
> > (including whatever revisions are necessary), we'll move it into the
> > distribution.
> > 
> 
> Excellent news!  I'm very excited as well.  Just to
> make sure I understand this right, Lapidary tests will
> continue to work unchanged, right?

That is my goal. There will be some core changes in 0.3.0, but as long
as you're not doing weird things in the internals, they shouldn't affect
you. As always, I'll include in the ChangeLog things that might break
existing code.


Nathaniel

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