Re: Dpkg testing framework and Ubuntu's automated testing (was: Re: Dpkg testing framework, take 5)

[Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>]

Esteban Manchado Velázquez writes ("Re: Dpkg testing framework and Ubuntu's automated testing (was: Re: Dpkg testing framework, take 5)"):
> I meant functional vs. unit tests. I guess it doesn't make sense to try to
> run unit tests in the installed system, partly because the sources aren't
> available (one would have to do "apt-get source dpkg" or something like
> that)... and because the unit tests should pass regardless of the
> installation. But I just wanted to confirm :-)

I'm afraid I don't know what the distinction is that you're making.
`Functional tests' and `unit tests' are jargon from test-obsessed
people :-) that I don't understand, so you'll have to explain it to
me.

Ian.