Subject: Re: [PATCH] examples: use stderr for messages, stdout for data

Re: [PATCH] examples: use stderr for messages, stdout for data

From: Kamil Dudka <kdudka_at_redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 22:41:25 +0200

On Monday, October 22, 2012 22:05:27 Peter Stuge wrote:
> Kamil Dudka wrote:
> > > > I think this is a waste of time.
> >
> > I am not forcing anybody to work on this. The time I spent on writing
> > the patch was sponsored by my employer, so it was not a big waste really.
>
> Waste for the employer IMO.
>
> > We are trying to introduce an easy way to test new releases of
> > libssh2 independently of the libraries and applications that use it.
>
> This is a great idea!
>
> > Running the set of examples distributed with libssh2 seemed like a
> > reasonable step to start with.
>
> This not so much. The examples are, third time, intended to
> demonstrate *library usage*. They are specifically not test cases.
>
> I would very much welcome test cases, which use the library, and not
> the examples.

I agree, we need test cases. Still, the test cases can be based on the
examples. If we need to test sftp, scp, tcp/ip forwarding, etc., we can
just run the corresponding examples in a defined way and compare their
output with the expected one. Otherwise we would have to duplicate the
code exercising libssh2 and maintain it at two places.

> The exapmles can be improved to be more readable, so that they better
> serve their function of demonstrating library usage, but please stop
> mistaking them for test cases sooner rather than later.

I admit that my patch does not bring any major improvement from user's
point of view, but I do not think it anyhow breaks the original purpose
of those examples.

Kamil
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