[pve-devel] [PATCH v1 pve-common 2/4] add tests for PVE::Path

[Max Carrara]

On Thu Dec 19, 2024 at 8:08 PM CET, Thomas Lamprecht wrote:
> Am 19.12.24 um 19:31 schrieb Max Carrara:
> > This commit adds a plethora of parameterized tests for all functions
> > of PVE::Path (except aliases). This surmounts to 1050 tests being run
> > in total. Some of these tests might perhaps be redundant, but the goal
> > here was to be better safe than sorry and really make sure that
> > nothing slips through.
>
> IMO that's a little bit contradictory, as redundant tests, or not knowing
> how much redundancy there is making me a bit question if this is really
> worth it. I'd rather see much fewer tests but with a clear plan/idea for
> what they are for; as of is this is not really reviewable and without
> knowing how they got created and how much it was made sure that we do not
> test ten times the same thing.
>
> I do not want to say you do, but would like some more reasoning here than
> "trust me bro" and if we can have 100, or even less, tests with the same
> coverage it would be a big improvement, as that makes them much more
> maintainable.

Hmm, fair point. I'll see if I can slim down the amount of tests and
instead be really particular about what's being tested. I'll also split
this commit up into multiple smaller ones and explain my reasonings for
each.

There's of course an idea on how I'm testing things here, but I agree
that it should be laid out better (or perhaps actually be laid out in
the first place).

Thanks for your feedback, will address this in v2!