From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2002-03-13T23:36:41+09:00
Subject: Re: testunit, was RE: [ANN] rpkg 0.3

Thomas S�ndergaard <tsondergaard@speakanet.com> writes:

> > I believe the reason is because your standard Ruby distribution
> > will come with TestUnit. It won't be a question of download a unit
> > testing framework, you will just have one and it will be one that
> > is very close to 'the ruby way' (stolen catch phrase from great
> > book :)
> 
> Strange answer :-) The next question is of course then: why has
> testunit been chosen for distribution?

Because

1. it's a superset of both rubyunit and Lapidary

2. it's the only one being actively developed (I believe that rubyunit
   is being maintained but not enhanced).


Dave