[vtk-developers] Better organization of tests

[Andy Cedilnik]

Hi Prabhu,

Well, test name defines the category. So, if the test name is
VTK.Graphics.Maze, then the test is in category VTK, which contains
category Graphics, which contains the test Maze. You cannot have the
same test in multiple categories (in the current design).

So, decision needs to be made about the type of test. For example, maybe
all the blackbox tests should be separated, or maybe they should be
separated by kit:

VTK.Imaging.Blackbox.HeaderTesting

versus

VTK.Blackbox.HeaderTesting.Imaging

versus

VTK.Blackbox.Imaging.HeaderTesting

As far as duplicated tests, we could put some simple mapping, something
like:

Maze: VTK.Graphics.Maze

Which would mean Tests that calls itself Maze should be renamed to
VTK.Graphics.Maze.

       Andy

Prabhu Ramachandran wrote:

>>>>>>"Andy" == Andy Cedilnik <andy.cedilnik at kitware.com> writes:
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>
>[...]
>    Andy> VTK.BlackBox.HeaderTesting.Hybrid
>
>I hope this would also include:
>
> VTK.Common
> VTK.Imaging 
>
>etc. as separate categories?
>
>    Andy> The change to do this is actually pretty simple and would
>    Andy> not break anything. The only drawback is that the test
>    Andy> overview page and the N/A column will have large number of
>    Andy> tests duplicated with a different name.
>
>Organization for large number of tests is always good.  But I am not
>sure if people will like any duplication of any reported numbers...
>  
>


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Andy Cedilnik
Kitware Inc.