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| author | Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at> | 2011-08-23 03:02:25 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at> | 2011-08-23 03:02:25 +0200 |
| commit | f3fb71f029346a3ddce51a19832ae438cc5cec56 (patch) | |
| tree | 50c5a8b74aa7543bc35772617e4785012ada3b5a /doc/developer.texi | |
| parent | 58368cf21593fb8cf8afa66345eaadac07e192c3 (diff) | |
developer.texi: Simplify "Regression tests section"
Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at>
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/doc/developer.texi b/doc/developer.texi index 706efe6115..efb816ee92 100644 --- a/doc/developer.texi +++ b/doc/developer.texi @@ -422,22 +422,7 @@ separate patches. Before submitting a patch (or committing to the repository), you should at least test that you did not break anything. -The regression tests build a synthetic video stream and a synthetic -audio stream. These are then encoded and decoded with all codecs or -formats. The CRC (or MD5) of each generated file is recorded in a -result file. A 'diff' is launched to compare the reference results and -the result file. The output is checked immediately after each test -has run. - -The regression tests then go on to test the FFserver code with a -limited set of streams. It is important that this step runs correctly -as well. - -Run 'make test' to test all the codecs and formats. Commands like -'make regtest-mpeg2' can be used to run a single test. By default, -make will abort if any test fails. To run all tests regardless, -use make -k. To get a more verbose output, use 'make V=1 test' or -'make V=2 test'. +Running 'make fate' accomplishes this, please see @file{doc/fate.txt} for details. [Of course, some patches may change the results of the regression tests. In this case, the reference results of the regression tests shall be modified |