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Subject: Re: [boost] [AFIO] Review (or lack of it)
From: Roland Bock (rbock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-08-29 03:53:36


On 2015-08-29 08:27, Roland Bock wrote:
>> Instead of assuming code smells or other non-factually based
>> > suppositions, consider examining the coverage of the unit test suite
>> > and the rigorous testing regime run each and every commit and taking
>> > some hours to complete.
> I would do that, once I understand, what needs to be tested. And btw, I
> know you are fully aware, that the quality of tests does not depend on
> coverage or the amount of time spent on running them. So why bring that
> up all the time?
Another personal opinion, but please search the Internet before calling
it unfounded or non-factual: Long running per-commit tests actually are
a bad thing since they slow down development considerably.

I suggest trying to re-design your tests in such a way that they run
much faster.


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