Split tests out into a separate repository?

[sunfishcode]

We want to make it as easy as possible for people developing WebAssembly implementations to run the official testsuite, because that's one of our main mechanisms for ensuring portable behavior. @Teemperor suggested on irc that we split the tests out of the spec repo into their own repo, so that they can be included as submodules in other projects.

I think this sounds like a good idea. Any objections?

[titzer]

sgtm

On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:01 AM, Dan Gohman notifications@github.com
wrote:

We want to make it as easy as possible for people developing WebAssembly
implementations to run the official testsuite, because that's one of our
main mechanisms for ensuring portable behavior. @Teemperor
https://github.com/Teemperor suggested on irc that we split the tests
out of the spec repo into their own repo, so that they can be included as
submodules in other projects.

I think this sounds like a good idea. Any objections?

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#129.

[lukewagner]

I'm not familiar with how submodules work. Would it still be possible to have a single PR with both the ml-proto and test changes? Would it still easy to get a coherent view of ml-proto and tests at a single point in time? Instead, would it be sufficient if we moved test/ up to the top-level so that the tests felt like one symmetric part of the spec (sibling to ml-proto)?

[binji]

You could have a single PR that updates the spec repo and bumps the test repo SHA, but that would require landing the change to the test repo prior.

I think it's better to hold off on this, or do something simpler, like mirror the test directory to a separate repo.

[Teemperor]

I think just moving /test to the top level directory of the repo is fine for now (as @lukewagner and @binji said).

[sunfishcode]

I opened #130 to move the test directory to the top level. I also renamed in testsuite to be slightly more descriptive.

[kg]

PRs with dependencies across submodules are a nightmare, so I want to make it clear that we shouldn't do that unless we can't avoid it. Contributors to my personal projects have had a lot of trouble there.

Moving to the top-level sounds good for now, but it's still going to be awkward having a lot of traffic in that folder mixed with spec changes... hrm.

[jcbeyler]

Yes moving it to the top-level is really a good idea but will, as kg says, have problems for spec as it changes the definition of the tests. There is no great way of doing those kind of changes:

• Spec changes that breaks the tests
  • Need to update both at the same time

However, not having this forces all projects to have local copies or reference the test suite via the spec repository. And I think that pro outweighs the cons even though as spec still changes things, the developers of spec will see more complications in updating their code. Now two pushes when they break a test.

Finally, it makes adding a feature without tests easier to miss because the feature and the tests are now separated.

[sunfishcode]

Implementation developers could always pull in the entire spec repo as a submodule -- it's not all that big, and with #130 the tests will be in a toplevel directory making it a little prettier. But I'd also agree with @binji above that a standalone repo mirroring the tests would be feasible too.

[titzer]

Sounds like a mirror solves both problems, so let's do that.

On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Dan Gohman notifications@github.com
wrote:

Implementation developers could always pull in the entire spec repo as a
submodule -- it's not all that big, and with #130
#130 the tests will be in a
toplevel directory making it a little prettier. But I'd also agree with
@binji https://github.com/binji above that a standalone repo mirroring
the tests would be feasible too.

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[sunfishcode]

I created testsuite repository here with a snapshot of the current spec tests. I have not yet set up any automatic mirroring.

[jfbastien]

Is that a hand-maintained mirror? Similar to what Chrome has with DEPS files? Or am I missing a subtlety of git submodules or something arcane?

[sunfishcode]

At the moment, it's completely manual. I just copied the files over to get things started.

[rossberg]

LGTM. I added another test recently, you probably have to include it as well after rebase.