Re: [Bug-wget] FTP Server for Test Suite

[Darshit Shah]

Hi Smriti,


What code base are you interested in understanding? The source for Wget itself 
is in the src/ directory and is relatively straight forward. Well, as straight 
forward as it can remain after 20+ years of hacking and patching.

The test suite in testenv/ is the new Python based test suite. The Test-*.py 
files in the directory are the various test cases, the server/ directory 
contains the code for the actual servers while the conf/ directory contains the 
various rules for customizing the server programmatically through the tests.


On 03/02, Smriti Gambhir wrote:
> Thank you for replying Darshit! :)
> I started going through the code yesterday. I would appreciate any tips on
> how to approach the code base. I will go through the test suite code base
> in the testenv/ directly asap.
> I understand that the project is essentially in C and will try to keep it
> simple.
> Regards
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 9:57 PM, Darshit Shah <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Hi Smriti,
> >
> > The FTP Server for Test Suite is a relatively open ended idea. Have you
> > gone through the existing test suite code base in the testenv/ directory?
> > With this project, we're really looking for students to come up with their
> > own ideas on how to implement it. The HTTP server was implemented in Python
> > 3. But you're free to choose your language / library of choice, so long as
> > you can ensure that the actual tests will follow the existing format.
> > If you're trying to get familiar with the existing test suite, there's two
> > possible opportunities:
> >
> > 1. Port some tests over the old test suite in the tests/ directory.
> > 2. Clean up the HTTP Server code
> >
> > Even though most of the features have been implemented in the Python 3
> > server, the tests haven't been ported. Any help in doing so will be greatly
> > appreciated. If you need any help / find a missing feature please let us
> > know and we'll help you through it.
> >
> > While I'm not aware of any bugs directly in the HTTP server, (except for
> > multiple simultaneous servers, which would be insanely awesome if you could
> > fix it), you could try to clean up the code a little. It will help you in
> > understanding the flow of the code and how it works a lot better. One thing
> > you must remember when programming in Python for GNU Wget is that, we're
> > not essentially a Python project. The code you write will not be read /
> > maintained by people who are Python programmers, but rather by C
> > Programmers. Hence, while it is good to be Pythonic when possible, it is
> > also important to remember to keep the code as simple as possible for a C
> > programmer to understand intuitively.
> >
> >
> > Do let us know if you have any more queries.
> >
> >
> > On 03/02, Smriti Gambhir wrote:
> >
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > I would like to contribute to FTP Server for Test Suite idea. I have used
> > > Python and C extensively for my projects. I also have significant
> > > experience in Socket programming. I was going through the code base. I
> > > wanted to solve a few easy to fix bugs to get myself familiar with the
> > > code. Can anyone recommend such bugs or any other method as such to
> > > understand the code base?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > --
> > > Smriti Gambhir
> > > Department of Computer Science
> > > BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus
> > --- end quoted text ---
> >
> > --
> > Thanking You,
> > Darshit Shah
>
>
>
> --
> Smriti Gambhir
> Department of Computer Science
> BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus
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Thanking You,
Darshit Shah

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