[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#986201: fsm-lite: Please provide autopkgtest

[Andreas Tille]

Hi Lance,

thanks a lot for your attempt to help!

Am Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 02:10:39PM +0000 schrieb Lance Lin:
> While looking for bugs to fix, I noticed you opened wishlist bugs related to autopkgtest suites for a few debian med packages (also #986200, #986194, #986193).  Etienne Mollier also has similar wishlist items (#983237, #994575).
> 
> Since these are all autopkgtest efforts, I thought I would work on them together.

That would be great.
 
> Some of the packages have example test cases while others do not. As an example with fsm-lite, it has no built in tests. I was thinking of using a small sample .fasta file (http://prodata.swmed.edu/promals/info/fasta_format_file_example.htm) to produce known output. I would then use that known output as the "control" for autopkgtest validation. Do you agree with this approach?

This sounds very sensible.  I'd recommend to use our autopkgtest
boilerplate which you can find in our package_template:

   https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/community/package_template/-/tree/master/debian/tests

Hope this helps and please do not hesitate to keep on asking here or on
the mailing list debian-med at lists.debian.org in case you might face any
trouble

      Andreas.

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