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[Michael Terry <mike@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, without having mocks from new backend devs, we are in the position of
accepting code that we can't test and thus can't edit with safety.


On 16 April 2014 09:09, <edgar.soldin@xxxxxx> wrote:

> but who's gonna hack the "emulator"? we barely provide for duplicity as it
> is. demanding one from backend dev's might discourage early on!
>
> ..ede
>
> On 16.04.2014 14:49, Michael Terry wrote:
> > Well, for python libraries that the backends use, I imagine we can
> provide a fake version of that library.  So we never have to have an
> account or hit the network.
> > -mt
> >
> >
> > On 16 April 2014 04:28, <edgar.soldin@xxxxxx <mailto:edgar.soldin@xxxxxx>>
> wrote:
> >
> >     On 15.04.2014 19:21, Michael Terry wrote:
> >     >
> >     > I'm particularly interested in thinking about ways to mock the
> remote services needed by the backends.
> >
> >     totally clueless here.. i see no way that we keep/have backend
> libraries on the test machine and simulate an actual backend or even access
> a real backend account!
> >
> >     only way i can imagine it that we deal with backend testing within
> the confines of duplicity. backends could contain triggers to simulate
> errors ( specific error codes, broken connections ) but i wonder if that's
> worth the effort. maybe we should stop at testing backend.py after all.
> >
> >     some quick thought ..ede/duply.net <http://duply.net>
> >
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