[PATCH 2/3] Re: Maildir relative paths change was not complete

[Nicolas Sebrecht]

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 07:27:52PM +0200, Vladimir Marek wrote:
> > It would make sense (and Nicolas said something to that effect too), to
> > have a separate git repository containing the test stuff. This way we
> > can always use the latest test suite and run it easily on older versions
> > of offlineimap too.
> > 
> > If you simply push it as a separate git repository, we can always filter
> > and/or merge it with the main repository later if we decide it should be
> > in one.
> 
> I could use some hint here, how do I push anything as a separate git
> repository? Create new project on github?

Creating a new project on github is fine.

As creating a new test suites is a lot of work and should be discussed
very soon, I would agree to merge anything in the official OfflineIMAP
repository as long as it stands in a dedicated directory such as
"experimental" or "contrib/test-suites" (but not "test", "t" or
something like that).

> > Yes, a test suite is what is really missing so far. I had one that was
> > too low-level for Nicolas, and Ethan had one that was not generic
> > enough. Any that makes it and is useful would be great!!!
> 
> Well, we'll see how Nicolas will like what I did. And I expect troubles
> since I ... ehm ... wrote it ... ehm ... in ... perl and shell :) But
> anyone knowing python well can rewrite it easily into python I think
> (the perl code is 200+ lines)

I'm fine with Ruby, Python, Perl, shell scripts, etc. For a start from
scratch, I do worry about the global design, scalability and so. Current
failures, languages, etc can easily be changed/improved later.

> Also it is not yet suitable for imap<->imap and maildir<->maildir
> testing, but that's just a matter of improving the shell script
> executing everything.

As said above, it's not a problem. If the design is good, everything
else will just be improved later. 

-- 
Nicolas Sebrecht