Re: status of httpd test suites

Rainer Jung <[email protected]> Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:04:21 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.apache.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi there,

Am 11.02.26 um 15:53 schrieb Giannis Christodoulou:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been exploring the python test suite (httpd/test) and the perl test 
> suite (httpd-tests repo), starting my contributions to httpd with the tests.

Nice!

> I wanted to ask about these different test suites, whether they serve 
> distinct purposes and whether one of them is primary or complementary to 
> the other.
> In general, where should someone add new tests?

The test suite in httpd/test is mor modern and based on pytest. It 
mostly tests http2 and mod_md (automated certificate handling).

The other test suite is perl based and contains many more tests, but is 
weak on http2 and non-existent on mod_md.

HTH!

Rainer