From 173c86fbf69abf076ec9c16147c1bf106c52b541 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Phil Holmes Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:59:22 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Updates CG regtest instructions --- Documentation/contributor/issues.itexi | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/contributor/issues.itexi b/Documentation/contributor/issues.itexi index 56b97d38be..9f056f9202 100644 --- a/Documentation/contributor/issues.itexi +++ b/Documentation/contributor/issues.itexi @@ -315,7 +315,17 @@ After @strong{every release} (both stable and unstable): @item Regression test comparison: if anything has changed suspiciously, -ask if it was deliberate. The official comparison is online, at: +ask if it was deliberate. If the text output from LilyPond (the +logfile) changes, the differences will be displayed with a + +before text added to the logfile and - before any text removed +from the logfile. This may or may not be suspicious. + +There is one test designed to produce output every time the +regtests are created. @code{test-output-distance.ly} creates +randomly spaced notes and will always have different output if the +regtest checker is working. + +The official comparison is online, at: @c NOTE: leave this here. In this case, it's worth duplicating @c the link. -gp -- 2.39.2