[MonoDevelop] Monodevelop Addins

[Charlie Poole]

Hi All,

I've had an (unintentional) offline exchange with Ian about this, so I'll
summarize a few thoughts here. They pertain to how the addin might
work with NUnit - not to what it currently does.

1. The nunit.framework assembly is referenced by user tests and is
not referenced by any other nunit assemblies - except my own tests.
So I'm wondering why you need the framework assembly at all for
the addin.

2. The core for any version of NUnit 2.n will work with tests built
against the framework 2.0 through 2.n. It will partially work (so long
as no new features are used) with frameworks greater than 2.n.
If it were me, I'd use the core from NUnit 2.6 - which will  be final
within a week or two - and let the user select the desired framework
by referencing it elsewhere.

3. You'll need a new addin when 3.0 comes out, since the API
is changing significantly. On the plus side, upgrades should
be easier post-3.0.

Charlie

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Michael Hutchinson
<m.j.hutchinson at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 29 January 2012 04:54, Ian Norton
> <ian.norton-badrul at thales-esecurity.com> wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I'm trying to work out the best way to add multiple version nunit support tot
>> he nunit addin. I'm wondering what exactly this fragment of addin.xml means:
>>
>>    <Extension path="/MonoDevelop/Core/SupportPackages">
>>        <Condition id="PackageNotInstalled" name="mono-nunit" version="2.7">
>>            <Package name="nunit" version="2.4" clrVersion="Default">
>>                <Assembly file="nunit.core.dll" />
>>                <Assembly file="nunit.core.interfaces.dll" />
>>                <Assembly file="nunit.framework.dll" />
>>            </Package>
>>        </Condition>
>>    </Extension>
>>
>> Does this mean:
>>
>> If mono-nunit == 2.7 is not installed, create a pseudo package called nunit-2.4
>> containing the nunit dlls shipped with monodevelop?
>
> Pretty much, yes. I have no idea where the mono-unit package comes
> from, however.
>
>> To my mind the version 2.7 part looks like it is expecting it from mono 2.7, so
>> what this looks like it does is "always" create an nunit package unless you
>> have quite an old unstable mono install?
>>
>> I have a slight problem, that even if my project explicitly links against 2.5
>> dlls, monodevelop forces it to use 2.4, could this be the cause?
>
> I don't think so, but I I'm not sure I understand exactly what the
> problem is. You mean that the test project (or the addin?) explicitly
> references 2.5 but the build uses 2.4?
>
> I've cc'd Dale because he was working on support for multiple test runners.
>
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