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From: marra@samuel.enet.dec.com (Dave Marra)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X Test Suite?
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Date: 4 Apr 91 14:41:01 GMT
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>Here's a stupid question:  What sort of certification or validation
>tests are available for X11R4?  I've seen a test suite on expo but
>it's in an alpha state.

>I'd also be interested in hearing from individuals who have provided X
>as a commercial product.  Did you do any sort of validation or was
>it just, "Well, it runs... Let's ship it."

Both.  Maybe.  The test suite that ships on the tapes from MIT is pretty
complete for exersicing the interface to R2 entry points.  It is lacking
in areas as well.  It does a pretty complete job of testing the graphics
portions (draw lines, arcs, etc..).  Some of the tests still have bugs.  But
in general the tests are pretty good.

UniSoft is finishing the suite and making it more of a complete validation
suite.  

At DEC, a great deal of the testing comes in the form of usage.  Internally 
there are thousands of users and applications that must work the way they 
did in the past.  Hence bugs don't get too far.

						.dave.