Test suite regressions

[Jeff Sturm]

On 19 Mar 2001, Per Bothner wrote:
> > I'm guessing that Mark won't hold up
> > the gcc3 release just because Java is broken.  This means we must be
> > careful to ensure it is working at all times.
> 
> Wel, "working" is not pssing test suites - working is building and
> running applications.  The test suite is valuable tool to help us make
> sure we are moving in the right directorion.

Hmm... there are no Java apps mentioned on /gcc-3.0/criteria.html.  What
is a good sample?

Jacl
Xerces
Kawa (of course :))

Those with integrated test suites are most valuable.

I'll see if I can get a test harness around these, at least for the
branch... disk space might become an issue.

Jeff