[Mono-dev] NUnit version for mono source tests

[Martin Thwaites]

I'm sure Charlie can tell us what considerations there need to be with
upgrading from 2.4.8 to 2.6.3 (We have the best resource to do that!).

My perception is that the jump to 3.0 might be too big.

On 26 October 2014 13:29, Miguel de Icaza <miguel at xamarin.com> wrote:

> There are.   Someone needs to survey in depth all the ramifications.
> Once that happens, then we might consider it.
>
>
> On Sunday, October 26, 2014, Martin Thwaites <monoforum at my2cents.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Miguel/Charlie,
>>
>> If there is no fundamental reason not to use a more recent version, then
>> I'll add it to my list.
>>
>> I seem to recall that Nunit 3.0 is removing support for older framework
>> versions, so if it removes 2.0 we won't be able to do it until "the big
>> purge" happens in mono.
>>
>> Once I've got these bits done for the webstack, I'll have a look.  Unless
>> someone beats me to it.
>>
>> Couple of questions.
>>
>> Charlie, were there any breaking changes between 2.4.8 and 2.6.3?  and
>> dovyou have a link to the specific breaking changes between 2.6 and 3.0?
>>
>> Miguel, would you accept a PR from the community for this? Given that it
>> may mean your company needs to update their tests too?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Martin
>> On 26 Oct 2014 06:20, "Charlie Poole" <charlie at nunit.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Is there any way we can help?
>>>
>>> 1) With 2.6.3 / 2.6.4 (coming up) - should be a small effort.
>>> 2) With 3.0 - likely to be a bigger job but easier to maintain
>>> thereafter.
>>>
>>> Maybe some monodevelop guy wants to work with us?
>>>
>>> Charlie
>>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 8:55 PM, Miguel de Icaza <miguel at xamarin.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Time.
>>> >
>>> > On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Martin Thwaites <
>>> monoforum at my2cents.co.uk>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi all,
>>> >>
>>> >> I've been writing some unit tests recently and I've noticed (the hard
>>> way,
>>> >> by using things that don't exist like Assert.Throws and having to
>>> re-write
>>> >> them) that we're using an old version of NUnit (2.4.8).  Is there a
>>> reason
>>> >> for not upgrading to something more current?
>>> >>
>>> >> The current version is 2.6.3 (and I believe it's mono compliant),
>>> however,
>>> >> very soon there will be an amazing new version that will enable tests
>>> to run
>>> >> in parallel out of the box (by amending some of the unit tests).
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks,
>>> >> Martin
>>> >>
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