Re: [Axiom-commit] [Axiom-developer] Re: SF.net SVN: axiom: [266]branches/build-improvements/src

[Martin Rubey]

Ralf Hemmecke <address@hidden> writes:

> > This ultimately raised the issue of how to enforce testsuite and the
> > whole build process.  I don't have much time left this afternoon.  I
> > know of DejaGnu framework and the QMTest framework for running
> > testsuite.  I have far more extensive experience with DejaGnu than
> > with QMTest.  On the other hand, I'm pretty sure people would object
> > to DejaGnu for various reasons.
> 
> Sorry, I don't know any of them, but for the Algebra part it might be possible
> to rewrite AldorUnit so that it could be used with Axiom and SPAD instead of
> Aldor.
> 
> http://www.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/software/aldor/
> 
> I could imagine that the rewrite should not be terribly hard.

I started to do it, no it doesn't seem to be hard. The main trouble is that we
would need to implement TextWriter, but that might be a good thing
anyway. Although I must say that I like OutputForm.

Unfortunately, the compiler segfaults over my modifications currently.

Martin