- From: Gérard Talbot <css21testsuite@gtalbot.org>
- Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 16:44:00 -0800
- To: "L. David Baron" <dbaron@dbaron.org>
- Cc: "Public CSS test suite mailing list" <public-css-testsuite@w3.org>
Le Mar 6 décembre 2011 14:22, L. David Baron a écrit : > These seem like 28 proposals to improve test *cases*, but it's not > clear to me how you intend them to affect the *guidelines*. > > I'd be very hesitant to add 28 rules like these to the guidelines, > because it makes it much harder for people to get started writing > testcases, and it makes it harder to convince people that writing > testcases according to the guidelines is easy to do and worth doing. > If they could be boiled down to a few sentences I'd be much happier > adding to the guidelines. > David If someone is going to submit 5 or 10 tests, then (s)he does not need to read such 28 rules or to read anything. (S)he can just contact me. If someone is going to submit 50 tests, then (s)he does not need to read such 28 rules but (s)he should at least read Test Format http://wiki.csswg.org/test/css2.1/format (S)he can contact me while editing a few tests too or ask for advice in this mailing list. Finally, if an IT corporation or a dedicated test author (eg Ian Hickson) intends to submit more than 100 testcases, then I think such IT corporation or test author should read all relevant documents (including the one on my 28 proposals) about creating good testcases. So far, only 3 entities fit such profile and have submitted over 500 tests in the CSS 2.1 test suite: Microsoft, Mozilla and Ian Hickson. The more a person or organization submit tests, then the more, I feel, it is important that such person or organization should try to make - as much as humanly possible - impeccable and compliant tests. And in my mind, there is a hierarchy of importance and relevance too when a test does not comply with guidelines. In general, most of my 28 proposals are already given in more general terms in Reviewing Tests: Review Checklist http://wiki.csswg.org/test/css2.1/review#review-checklist and in CSS Test Review Checklist http://wiki.csswg.org/test/css2.1/review-checklist regards, Gérard -- Contributions to the CSS 2.1 test suite: http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/css21testsuite/ CSS 2.1 Test suite RC6, March 23rd 2011: http://test.csswg.org/suites/css2.1/20110323/html4/toc.html CSS 2.1 test suite harness: http://test.csswg.org/harness/ Contributing to to CSS 2.1 test suite: http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/css21testsuite/web-authors-contributions-css21-testsuite.html
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