[webkit-dev] Why is gtest in the Source directory?

[Ilya Tikhonovsky]

Functional?

Regards,
Tim.


On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Darin Adler <darin at apple.com> wrote:

> On May 12, 2011, at 11:33 AM, David Levin wrote:
>
> Layout/  # Would be nice to have a better name since these test much
>> more than Layout
>>
>
> DumpRenderTreeTests?
> Integration?
> AutomatedHtmlTests?
>
>
> Here are some characteristics of these tests that may help us name the
> directory:
>
>     1) This is the primary suite of WebKit tests.
>     2) These tests are all automated.
>     3) These tests all include an expected result (broadly including future
> addition of reftests).
>     4) These tests are regression tests; most are designed to catch any
> changes in behavior, not just detect failure.
>     5) These tests consist of HTML or SVG markup, with CSS and JavaScript,
> much like webpages in the wild.
>     6) Most of these tests can also be run by opening them in a web
> browser.
>     7) Most of these tests are designed to test end-to-end, although some
> are more like unit tests.
>
> I don’t think they should be named after DumpRenderTree because that name
> is itself a misnomer.
>
> I think that (7) above does fit with the name Integration, but that name
> still doesn’t work so well for me.
>
> Despite (5) above I don’t love the idea of having HTML in the name when we
> can accommodate SVG tests too.
>
>     -- Darin
>
>
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