Re: deleting files in input/test

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> But I'd just to make sure I'm doing the right thing: as far as I
> understand, input/test is supposed to be examples to demonstrate tricky
> things you can do with Lilypond.  input/regression is supposed to be for
> code snippets which "test" new version of Lilypond to make sure they do
> everything they're supposed to.

Yes, correct.

> While I'm looking at an input/test file, currently I only look at
> whether that file demonstrates something useful for an end-user.  I
> don't try to judge whether the file is useful in regression testing; in
> part because I thought that was what input/regression was for, but
> mainly because I don't know enough about Lilypond internals (or
> engraving, for that matter -- I didn't know that the beams needed to be
> horizontal) to judge whether or not it's a useful regression test.
> 
> (sometimes I'll mark a file as "delete or move to regression"; I don't
> _totally_ ignore the usefulness of a code snippet in regression testing)
> 
> Is this what I should be doing?

You're doing fine.  Even if in some cases you're only giving us a good
kick in the butt.

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