mutter/tests
Robert Bragg af7398788a remove internal_format and redundant error arguments
Texture allocation is now consistently handled lazily such that the
internal format can now be controlled using
cogl_texture_set_components() and cogl_texture_set_premultiplied()
before allocating the texture with cogl_texture_allocate(). This means
that the internal_format arguments to texture constructors are now
redundant and since most of the texture constructors now can't ever fail
the error arguments are also redundant. This now means we no longer
use CoglPixelFormat in the public api for describing the internal format
of textures which had been bad solution originally due to how specific
CoglPixelFormat is which is missleading when we don't support such
explicit control over the internal format.

Reviewed-by: Neil Roberts <neil@linux.intel.com>
(cherry picked from commit 99a53c82e9ab0a1e5ee35941bf83dc334b1fbe87)

Note: there are numerous API changes for functions currently marked
as 'unstable' which we don't think are in use by anyone depending on
a stable 1.x api. Compared to the original patch though this avoids
changing the cogl_texture_rectangle_new_with_size() api which we know
is used by Mutter.
2014-01-09 15:49:47 +00:00
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conform remove internal_format and redundant error arguments 2014-01-09 15:49:47 +00:00
data Starts porting Cogl conformance tests from Clutter 2011-09-08 15:48:07 +01:00
micro-perf Declare interface types as void and remove cast macros 2013-11-27 19:33:44 +00:00
unit Fix generating the unit test wrappers when building with MingW32 2013-09-02 18:08:13 +01:00
config.env.in tests: Adds our first white-box unit test 2013-06-06 21:27:16 +01:00
Makefile.am Install conformance tests 2013-07-09 22:52:50 +01:00
README Starts porting Cogl conformance tests from Clutter 2011-09-08 15:48:07 +01:00
run-tests.sh tests: use 'FIXME' instead of 'fail' for expected failures 2013-09-06 18:41:12 +01:00
test-launcher.sh tests: Adds our first white-box unit test 2013-06-06 21:27:16 +01:00

Outline of test categories:

The conform/ tests:
-------------------
These tests should be non-interactive unit-tests that verify a single
feature is behaving as documented. See conform/ADDING_NEW_TESTS for more
details.

Although it may seem a bit awkward; all the tests are built into a
single binary because it makes building the tests *much* faster by avoiding
lots of linking.

Each test has a wrapper script generated though so running the individual tests
should be convenient enough. Running the wrapper script will also print out for
convenience how you could run the test under gdb or valgrind like this for
example:

  NOTE: For debugging purposes, you can run this single test as follows:
  $ libtool --mode=execute \
            gdb --eval-command="b test_cogl_depth_test" \
            --args ./test-conformance -p /conform/cogl/test_cogl_depth_test
  or:
  $ env G_SLICE=always-malloc \
    libtool --mode=execute \
            valgrind ./test-conformance -p /conform/cogl/test_cogl_depth_test

By default the conformance tests are run offscreen. This makes the tests run
much faster and they also don't interfere with other work you may want to do by
constantly stealing focus. CoglOnscreen framebuffers obviously don't get tested
this way so it's important that the tests also get run onscreen every once in a
while, especially if changes are being made to CoglFramebuffer related code.
Onscreen testing can be enabled by setting COGL_TEST_ONSCREEN=1 in your
environment.

The micro-bench/ tests:
-----------------------
These should be focused performance tests, ideally testing a
single metric. Please never forget that these tests are synthetic and if you
are using them then you understand what metric is being tested. They probably
don't reflect any real world application loads and the intention is that you
use these tests once you have already determined the crux of your problem and
need focused feedback that your changes are indeed improving matters. There is
no exit status requirements for these tests, but they should give clear
feedback as to their performance. If the framerate is the feedback metric, then
the test should forcibly enable FPS debugging.

The data/ directory:
--------------------
This contains optional data (like images) that can be referenced by a test.


Misc notes:
-----------
• All tests should ideally include a detailed description in the source
explaining exactly what the test is for, how the test was designed to work,
and possibly a rationale for the approach taken for testing.

• When running tests under Valgrind, you should follow the instructions
available here:

        http://live.gnome.org/Valgrind

and also use the suppression file available inside the data/ directory.