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| author | Federico Ceratto <federico.ceratto@gmail.com> | 2017-11-03 20:58:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Federico Ceratto <federico.ceratto@gmail.com> | 2017-11-03 20:58:32 +0000 |
| commit | da2fd42e67d3182b550840bc148db88cbc3d469e (patch) | |
| tree | b00af08c5c56ea1102e91abf12c8ff85e8d22aac /tests/untestable | |
| parent | de97f381fa93de98afdbbfd900e9e9d66e2397c1 (diff) | |
| download | Nim-da2fd42e67d3182b550840bc148db88cbc3d469e.tar.gz | |
Add comments on "untestable" tests directory
Diffstat (limited to 'tests/untestable')
| -rw-r--r-- | tests/untestable/readme.markdown | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tests/untestable/readme.markdown b/tests/untestable/readme.markdown index fcb7f4f28..de1ba9459 100644 --- a/tests/untestable/readme.markdown +++ b/tests/untestable/readme.markdown @@ -1,2 +1,9 @@ -This directory contains tests which are not automatically executed -for various reasons. Mainly due to dependencies on external services. \ No newline at end of file +This directory contains integration tests which are not automatically executed +for various reasons: +- dependency on external services +- dependency on files / configuration / state of the local host +- tests that are extremely slow or require large amounts of memory or storage +- tests that spawn local daemons + +Integration tests can become stale very quickly. Automated ./koch tests are +strongly recommended. |