Forums » Ruby-core » Re: --fqname option to test/unit/autorunner.rb

> that allows a 
> autorunner 
> to run just the "test_foo" method in the FooTestCase class. If I say 
> '--testcase FooTestCase', I run all methods in FooTestCase. If I say 
> '--name test_foo' then I run test_foo in both FooTestCase and in 
> BarTestCase. The proposed patch allows me to say '--fqname 
> FooTestCase#test_foo' and have only that single test case be run.

It's not a bad idea, though in practice I would say it's unusual to have
more than one test class per file.

> I'm new to the ruby community, so apologize if I'm overlooking the 
> correcct way to submit code like this. I didn't see any 
> guidelines for 
> applying to become a committer or someone with the rights to request 
> write access to the CVS repository, and, judging from the 
> email threads 
> on this list, the thing to do is put 'PATCH' in the subject line and 
> then provide the diff (attached). Hopefully this is correct, 
> but please 
> let me know what I can do to help make things easier.

Your subject and attachment is fine (you can also submit patches via the
tracker on RubyForge), but I wouldn't expect CVS commit access anytime
soon. :)

Regards,

Dan


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Daniel --

Thanks very much for taking a look at it. What is the typical path for
changes submitted in this way? In particular, I'm curious to know how I
can track which release they'll start appearing in, so I can remove my
local changes in favor of those inside the standard distro.

Thanks again for your help.

jon

Daniel --

One of my colleagues pointed out that maybe I mistook your initial
response. To clarify, will this patch be applied to the ruby codebase at
some point?

The reason is that, if it will be, then we could go ahead and apply it
locally, and then merge to the official tree when it gets in. If the
answer is no, then we need to figure out another way to make our testing
work.


jon