Re: Fwd: NUnit 2.5 Possible Issue

"Charlie Poole" <[email protected]> Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:50:53 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.windows.dotnet.nunit.devel
Message-ID <00cb01c90875$d7b85ef0$6401a8c0@ferrari>
Inconclusive is currently a sort of orange color with the same
question mark overlay that ignore has - that's easy to change.

I'm thinking of going with Ignored, since that gives the same
color it has always been.

Charlie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On 
> Behalf Of Kelly Anderson
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 11:46 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [nunit-developer] Fwd: NUnit 2.5 Possible Issue
> 
> I agree that 1 is correct. 2, not so much. I think 
> Inconclusive would be a good option, but would not object to 
> Ignored either. No tests to run is not the same as a failed 
> test, IMHO.
> 
> What color does Inconclusive show on the NUnit GUI?
> 
> -Kelly
> 
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Charlie Poole 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I'm aware of this one but hadn't decided yet the way to go.
> >
> > The basic story is that NUnit now
> >  1) Treats non-runnable tests similar to errors
> >  2) Considers empty fixtures as non-runnable
> >
> > I think that the first point is the correct choice - for 
> example, if 
> > you write a test method with arguments but don't provide any NUnit 
> > can't figure out how to run it, so it's an error.
> >
> > OTOH, treating an empty fixture as non-runnable may not be the best 
> > thing. It could go back to being marked as ignored or alternatively 
> > use the new Inconclusive result.
> >
> > Charlie
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [email protected]
> >> [mailto:[email protected]] On 
> Behalf Of 
> >> Kelly Anderson
> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:51 AM
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Subject: [nunit-developer] NUnit 2.5 Possible Issue
> >>
> >> In NUnit 2.5, if you create an empty TestFixture (that is, 
> there are 
> >> no tests in it) it makes the result red. This is even the 
> case if you 
> >> mark the fixture with an [Ignore] attribute. Is this expected 
> >> behavior?
> >>
> >>   // This makes a red result.
> >>   [TestFixture]
> >>   [Ignore("tests need rewriting.")]
> >>   public class MyTests
> >>   {
> >>     /* stuff commented out */
> >>   }
> >>
> >> -Kelly
> 
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