- From: Robin Berjon <robin@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:16:27 +0100
- To: Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>
- CC: public-html-testsuite@w3.org
On 11/12/2012 13:53 , Simon Pieters wrote: > I'm not sure I'm happy with having separate directories for "html5" and > "html51" (etc). This seems like it would lead to duplicating the whole > testsuite multiple times and cause a maintenance nightmare. I'm certainly not married to it. Initially I only had one "html" but I saw discussion of having those two in the last meeting so I took that into account. > A better option might be to just have an "html" directory with tests for > both html5 and html51 (etc), and if a particular test is not valid for a > particular snapshot, that can be indicated with metadata in the test > itself. Tests should be assumed to reflect the latest spec, since that's > what most implementors are working towards. I would like to avoid having metadata in the files as much as possible. Experience with a number of suites shows that it gets copy-pasted, goes out of sync with reality, is just plain wrong for ages without anyone noticing, and more often than not just isn't there at all. Inasmuch as possible I would like metadata to be self-evident (for both authoring and processing) in the interface, i.e. based on the FS, and possibly on branches. That's not an objection against merging 5+5.1 by the way — just to how the testing distinction is maintained. -- Robin Berjon - http://berjon.com/ - @robinberjon
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