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X Window System Test Suite Released

Posted by timothy on from the better-than-the-grey-fuzzies dept.

chuckfucter writes "Xorg has announced the X Window System Test Suite today. From their page: 'The X.Org Foundation, global steward of the X Window System* and Standards, announced today that ApTest and The Open Group have together donated their VSW5 Test Suite to The X.Org Foundation, where it shall be released under their standard Open Source license as XTS 5.0.2. The X Window System is released by the X.Org Foundation under the MIT ("X") License. The VSW5 Test Suite is the industry best practice in testing the X Window System.'"

14 comments

  1. Good news! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    They finally test X Windows after 20 years ...

    1. Re:Good news! by DrJonesAC2 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      And apparently no one gives a shit.

  2. ha! by St.+Arbirix · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They're trying to win us back.

    --Gentoo user

    The application that provides Linux users with the ability to run graphical user interfaces and that uses the X11 standard is Xorg-X11, a fork of the XFree86 project. XFree86 has decided to use a license that might not be compatible with the GPL license; the use of Xorg is therefore recommended. The official Portage tree does not provide an XFree86 package anymore.

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    1. Re:ha! by \\ · · Score: 3, Informative

      The suite was given to X.org.

      Gentoo reccomends you use X.org, X.org is in the portage tree.

      X.org has released the package.

      The only person talking about XFree86 is you. What the hell are you talking about?

    2. Re:ha! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      anymore is not a word. "any more" is what they meant.

      Did that confuse you?

    3. Re:ha! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      if your going to grammar troll atleast do it properly.
      it should be any-more anything else is just lazy

  3. What does it test? by youknowmewell · · Score: 1

    What does a X-Window test suite...test? What's the significance of this?

    1. Re:What does it test? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Its significant beacuse it was given to xorg. #1 given! #2 Xorg not Xfree. #3 It will help the developers.

    2. Re:What does it test? by Brandybuck · · Score: 1

      The X Window System test suite tests... the X Window System!

      p.s. I hope you're not one of those that thinks just because it compiles it must be correct...

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    3. Re:What does it test? by pyrrhonist · · Score: 2, Funny
      p.s. I hope you're not one of those that thinks just because it compiles it must be correct...

      Hell, if it compiles, we ship it!

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    4. Re:What does it test? by Brandybuck · · Score: 1

      I take it you work for Mandriva...

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      Don't blame me, I didn't vote for either of them!
  4. Nobody knows. by jd · · Score: 4, Informative
    According to X.Org's webpage, linked off TFA, they are mapping what parts of the API are tested and what aren't. Apparently, this isn't documented anywhere.


    The implication is that the test suite is supposed to test whether the API and X protocol are implemented correctly and completely for some given revision. As this is the only test suite for X around, the other implication is that nobody knows what the API and X protocol really are. As the X.Org reference version is used to test compliance, if the reference version is incorrect, so is every other version. At which point, the question becomes whether "correct" has any meaning.

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    1. Re:Nobody knows. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "the other implication is that nobody knows what the API and X protocol really are"

      That's what happens when you don't have a requirements document.