Re: testing framework and package.el

[Christian Ohler]

On 28/09/10 8:57, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > is there a chance to get a testing framework on elpa.gnu.org on the
> > short run?
> > Ert [1] is used in nxhtml, simple to use and documented.
>
> IIRC we've agreed to try and install ERT, either on elpa or in Emacs
> itself, and then try and move the few tests we already have
> scattered about to use ERT.  But I haven't heard much about it recently.

Incidentally, I finished a major overhaul of ERT's manual a few days 
ago.  Over the next few weeks, I should be able to find some time to put 
together a patch to integrate it into Emacs.  If anyone is interested, 
you can already review the code at http://github.com/ohler/ert and send 
me comments to speed up the integration process.

I think it makes more sense to have ERT in Emacs proper rather than as 
an ELPA package.  This way, tests for Emacs itself can use ERT.  Ulf 
Jasper's tests in the test/ directory would be the first candidates.

Christian.