Re: [Chicken-users] New salmonella features

[Felix]

From: Mario Domenech Goulart <address@hidden>
Subject: [Chicken-users] New salmonella features
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:26:24 -0400

> Hi
> 
> Salmonella 1.17, running on tests.call-cc.org, has some new features.
> It now checks for missing wiki documentation for eggs and execute egg
> tests. See http://tests.call-cc.org/2010/10/24/salmonella-report/ for
> the new report format.
> 
> Regarding to tests: salmonella determines whether tests fail or succeed
> by reading the exit status of the tests/run.scm script.  A 0 exit status
> indicates success.  Anything different represents failure.
> 
> So, if your eggs have tests/run.scm, please set the exit code
> accordingly.
> 
> For those using the test egg (http://wiki.call-cc.org/eggref/4/test),
> here's a simple trick to set the exit status according to the existence
> of test failures:
> 
>   (unless (zero? (test-failure-count)) (exit 1))
> 
> You can just copy&paste the line above to the end of your tests/run.scm
> script (if you are using the test egg).
> 
> Notice that if your tests use eggs which are not requirements for the
> egg itself, you should list them in `test-depends' (it is just like
> `needs' and `depends', but specific to tests).  Several eggs currently
> fail because they rely on the availability of eggs which are not
> installed.
> 
> The new salmonella also contains a section for warning messages. It
> currently warns about eggs which declare a version that doesn't match
> the directory tag.
> 

Excellent. Thanks a lot, Mario!


cheers,
felix