Re: [Bug-wget] GSoC 2013 project on rewriting Test Suite in Python.

[Darshit Shah]

>
> Python 3.3 is no yet available in Debian unstable nor in experimental.
> So I made a try with Python 3.2 - which looks good (just an XFAIL:
> Test-Post2,
> but I didnt go into the details). Why not adjust the requirements to Python
> 3.2 (many distributions are derived from Debian or are somewhat
> conservative
> like e.g. SuSE and Redhat) ?
>
> I personally find XML hard to read, especially when mixed with HTML.
> But I guess, if you create a DTD, we could use one of these XML editors...
> these also automatically check (or make shure) the validity of the XML
> code.
>
> Keep up the good work !
>
>
Hi Tim,

Thanks for the review. The reason I stated Python 3.3 is because I followed
the documentation for that version. I'll go back and see if there are any
changes between Python 3.2 and 3.3 that make a difference here.

Is Python 3.2 an acceptable version?

The XFAIL is an Expected Failure. Expected Failures are caused when we know
that a certain test WILL fail because there is a problem with the
application under test. Maybe I should add some details about XPASS and
XFAIL to the documentation.

I guess a DTD would be a good option. I haven't really worked with them in
the past, but I'll go through a W3Schools tutorial and write one ASAP.

Though if XML is not easy to read/write, is there an alternative you would
prefer? I am still open to modifying that.

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Thanking You,
Darshit Shah