<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Antoine Musso <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hashar+wmf@free.fr" target="_blank">hashar+wmf@free.fr</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Le 29/10/2014 12:07, Quim Gil a écrit :<br><span class=""><br>
> I was wondering whether we could use Google Code-in to increase our unit<br>
> testing coverage. I guess there are certain components and areas easier<br>
> to to cover than others, and I guess there is DIY documentation that<br>
> could be used here, but I have no idea of how feasible and useful this<br>
> would be.<br>
<br>
</span>Given the bad shape of Mediawiki core tests suite, I don't think Google<br>
Code-in is a good fit. I am rather suspicious toward freshmen<br>
attempting to refactor our code and tests.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>As Trish Khoo of Google just remarked, "The first mistake many development teams seem to make, IME, is assuming testing is supposed to be easy."</div><div><br></div><div>"...increase unit testing coverage" in our case almost certainly means "rewrite big chunks of Mediawiki Core from scratch". </div></div></div></div>