validator/htdocs/docs devel.html,1.17,1.18

• From: Olivier Thereaux via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
• Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:57:36 +0000
• To: www-validator-cvs@w3.org
• Message-Id: <E1L7ymu-0006yP-OX@lionel-hutz.w3.org>

Update of /sources/public/validator/htdocs/docs
In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv26786/htdocs/docs

Modified Files:
	devel.html 
Log Message:
test case submission quick guidelines

Index: devel.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/validator/htdocs/docs/devel.html,v
retrieving revision 1.17
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -d -r1.17 -r1.18
--- devel.html	21 Jul 2004 23:43:21 -0000	1.17
+++ devel.html	3 Dec 2008 20:57:31 -0000	1.18
@@ -59,8 +59,14 @@
          Any changes to the service will attempt to maintain
          compatibility with a <a href="../dev/tests/">list of test cases</a>.
        </p>
-       <p>We are in the process of turning this (crude) list into a more manageable 
-	testing framework.</p>
+
+       <p>The validator has an <a href="http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/validator/misc/testsuite/">automated test suite</a> which is used 
+           frequently to check that no change has broken any feature or resurfaced a bug. Whenever possible, join a <em>test case</em>
+           with your patches.</p>
+           
+       <p><em>example</em>: for a patch for the detection of document encoding in the &lt;head&gt;, join as a test case a simple 
+           HTML document with encoding information in the &lt;head&gt;, and another document without.</p>
+
 
       <h4><a id="todo" name="todo"></a>TODO</h4>
       <p>

Received on Wednesday, 3 December 2008 20:57:45 UTC