Re: [PATCH 1/5] {test-protocols} parallel-tests: make parsing of test results safer

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 11:54:09AM CEST:
> > Please, this is really important: we need to research the other test
> > protocols, what they do to be robust here.  Don't NIH here, because the
> > experience we have is not enough to not mess up this.  Consider this
> > research as part of the work needed for the SoC assignment, it is a very
> > important part (as it is not easily corrected once released).
> >
> Honestly, I really don't have a clue about where to start looking for such
> "prior art", and my rather naive Google searches haven't returned anything
> useful.  Do you have any suggestion?  Even a loose one might be an helpful
> starting point.

A very incomplete list:

Test protocols:
TAP
subunit

Test suite environments:
any that use the above
dejagnu
qmtest
Test::Harness
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Software_Testing lists several
Autotest

Learning from mistakes (in general):
http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/499

Hope that helps.

Cheers,
Ralf