Re: Proposed replacements for background-root-020.htm and tables-001.htm

> On 09/11/2010 07:31 AM, "Gérard Talbot" wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>> ==== Ian Hickson ====
>>>
>>> http://test.csswg.org/suites/css2.1/20100815/html4/background-root-020.htm
>>> There are no "links below". Also, the last two sentences should be
>>> rewritten to not require an understanding of the specification
>>
>>
>> Proposed replacement:
>> http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/css21testsuite/background-root-020.htm
>
> Test updated. I didn't add the interact flag, but instead clarified
> the instructions a little more. The test doesn't require interaction,
> the pass/fail conditions are just easier to determine that way.


Those testcases are unretrievable (syntax errors, building errors)

http://test.csswg.org/source/contributors/hixie/submitted/css2.1/colors/background-root-020.xht


http://test.csswg.org/source/contributors/hixie/submitted/css2.1/colors/background-root-020.htm



>> --------------------
>>
>>> http://test.csswg.org/suites/css2.1/20100815/html4/tables-001.htm
>>> This test could use a description/an explicit pass condition
>>
>> Proposed replacement:
>> http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/css21testsuite/tables-001.htm
>
> I've copied your pass condition, but left most of the code alone.
> I don't want to alter hixie's tests unless they're wrong -- it's
> often hard to figure out what failure modes he had in mind, and
> I'd rather not remove any. I'm not sure what he had in mind for
> this one.

That testcase is not obvious or easy to figure out.

I thought all of Ian Hickson's testcases were abandoned.

> Also when updating tests, if you could avoid changing anything
> that doesn't *need* changing (things like indentation and the like),
> that would make it much easier for me to figure out what's changed
> so I can review the changes.

Ok. I will do this.


> BTW, an explanation of how the particular test works should be
> placed in a comment, not in the test assertion. The test assertion
> should be a general statement that the test is trying to prove.

Ok. This is now very clear.
I have "overloaded" the <meta> asserts of a few testcases with
explanations in the past.

regards, Gérard
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Received on Thursday, 16 September 2010 01:17:10 UTC