Re: [libredwg] Hi

[Thien-Thi Nguyen]

() Rodrigo Rodrigues da Silva <address@hidden>
() Wed, 05 May 2010 20:06:37 -0300

   Also, Thi has changed makefiles to have make check call some test
   cases, you could have those approaches work together.

Everyone, please feel free to comment/criticize the current "make check"
framework.  The intention there is to provide a standard entry point
that allows expressive testing; if you find the reality does not meet
that ideal, speak up and we'll improve it together.

Re testing, and killing two birds w/ one stone[0], perhaps some of the
driver programs can be packaged into a libredwg-tool and (optionally)
installed in ${bindir}?  This would:

- provide easier testing (you can write scripts using libredwg-tool);
- provide a reference program for libredwg.h wrapping (API usage);
- (an extreme case (if installed to the exclusion of libredwg.h itself))
  allow us to tinker (arbitrarily change) the API for a few more releases.

The last point is less user-facing and more maintainer-oriented, but i
believe the first two are compelling enough.  What do people think?

thi

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[0] English idiom for achieving two independent objectives
    with one action; an Italian equivalent would be: "due
    piccioni con una fava" (two pigeons with a bean).  Others?