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[Holger Rapp <HolgerRapp@xxxxxxx>]

On 30.07.2014, at 11:46, Fòram na Gàidhlig <fios@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Since we have 1 central file now - maybe just mention that one on an
> appropriate Wiki page, so people will know it's there?

In my experience nobody reads the Wiki :). I think it is better to point it out in code reviews and encourage people to start regression tests. That process is actually documented in the developers docs:

https://wl.widelands.org/docs/wl/introduction/#regression-testing-infrastructure

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> 30/07/2014 05:24, sgrìobh SirVer:
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>> On 29.07.2014, at 09:41, GunChleoc <fios@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>> This is the first time anybody has mentioned that particular Python script to me. Is this documented somewhere in the Wiki?
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>> No it isn’t. I do not think it makes sense to document - we had a manual_test directory before that was very well documented, but nobody ran the tests anyway. Now the only tests we have is the regression_test.py which needs to be run manually and the unit tests which run after each compile.
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>>> We sould have a complete dosumentation on regression tests there, at least a list of scripts that can be run.
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>> I think maintaining such a list is not worth the trouble. Word to mouth is better.
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