[debbugs-tracker] bug#8969: closed (improve synchronization between examples in the manual and test cases)

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regarding improve synchronization between examples in the manual and test cases
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> improve synchronization between examples in the manual and test cases
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> Fri, 1 Jul 2011 00:39:12 +0200
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> Severity: wishlist
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> Reference:
>  <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2011-06/msg00220.html>
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> On Tuesday 28 June 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 08:24:13AM CEST:
> > > On Monday 27 June 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > > > Sure.  Well, do they use some format already?
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> > > Well, there are only two of them, and both follows this format:
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> > > @c The test case for the setup described here is
> > > @c     test/subdircond2.test
> > > @c Try to keep it in sync.
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> > > (which is wrongish BTW, as the testsuite subdirectory is `tests/',
> > > not `test/')
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> > > I'd go with one of these simple formats:
> > >   @c Keep in sync with subdircond2.test
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> > I like this one (with a trailing dot ;-)
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> > ;-)
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> I'll soon post a patch that improves the synchronization between
> some examples from the manual and some test cases.  In the process
> of writing it, I've noticed that various non-trivial examples from
> the manual are not tested; and while I've remedied to part of this
> problem with my patch, a lot remains to be done; so I'm opening
> this bug to avoid forgetting about the issue.
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> Regards,
>   Stefano
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> close bug 8969
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> Date: 
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> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:10:41 +0100
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> <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=8969>
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> One and a half year ago, I wrote :
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> > I'll soon post a patch that improves the synchronization between
> > some examples from the manual and some test cases.  In the process
> > of writing it, I've noticed that various non-trivial examples from
> > the manual are not tested; and while I've remedied to part of this
> > problem with my patch, a lot remains to be done; so I'm opening
> > this bug to avoid forgetting about the issue.
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> I now think that keeping a bug report open about this is overkill,
> and introduce more noise rather than helping out.  So, since the
> referenced patch has been since long written and applied, and the
> issues originally spotted have been fixed, I'm closing the report.
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> Regards,
>   Stefano
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