Re: [boost] [git] automatic ticket closing

Subject: Re: [boost] [git] automatic ticket closing
From: Lars Viklund (zao_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-06 03:03:35

On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 04:34:52PM -0700, Cox, Michael wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Steven Watanabe <watanabesj_at_[hidden]>wrote:
> > Patches aren't the only use for attachments.  Test
> > cases are also common (and absolutely critical).  If
> > the github issue tracker doesn't support attachments,
> > then it's simply a non-starter.
> >
> I'm assuming by the term test cases that means Boost.Test unit-tests.

A test case as in a minimal piece of end user application code that
demonstrates a problem.

It may be retrofitted into an actual Boost.Test testcase once there is a
clear solution to it, but that's a significant burden to put on an end
user that just wants to report a bug with reproduction instructions.

>  Wouldn't be more convenient to see the modified/new unit-tests for a
> library code change in the pull-request?

Convenient, sure. Practically doable by end users unfamiliar with the
Boost codebase and Boost.Test? Not really.

If I'm not wrong, the discussion is about end-user issues as well, not
just patch requests.

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Lars Viklund | zao_at_[hidden]