olpa, OSS developer

Finally, I traced out why time-to-time my functional tests stop passing.
* Some steps are associated with Python functions.
* Signatures of such steps depend on the code of the functions.
* If the code of a function is changed, the signature is changes, and the step is considered out-of-date.
Therefore, small changes in code lead to changes in the build process.

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To force the python mode for a file, add the following comment at the beginning:

# -*- mode: python -*-

It’s also possible to add other options as well. Unfortunately, I don’t remember the term for such comment, so I can’t find its descrition in the vim documentation.

Recently Consodoc has passed refactoring and all the unit and functional tests. Now I’ve tried it in the real life.

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Here is a way to get the currently executing Python file:

print (lambda x:x).func_code.co_filename

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I have a lot of functional tests for my build process. Recently I changed the program name on one of the intermediate steps. As result, SCons
* thinks the build signatures are updated, and
* wants to rebuild starting from that step instead of doing the expected rebuilds.
Therefore, I have to update the most part of the tests. But it’s near to impossible to update manually.

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In mary cases, LaTeX should be run several times to get the correct result (for example, to resolve cross-references). The only way to detect if re-run is required is to analyze the log file. I haven’t found anything ready to use, so I’ve written it myself.

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Finally, all the functional tests (at the moment, 34) for consodoc are written and passed. The rest is easy: walk through FIXME file and make refactoring, create distro, create site and publish an announce. The middle of August is reasonable estimation for the first release.

Recently I got a complaint from an european user who wanted to buy bbAntiSpam. He was unpleasantly surprised that the actual price was two times more than the declared price.

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My build process consists of several steps. One of the intermediate files is actually intended to be edited by the user. But I noticed that when user changes the file, SCons doesn’t re-generate the rest of the build chain.

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What will this code print?

for item in ('aaa'): print item

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Consodoc project is now one month delay, and I expect I can’t release anything before the end of August. Functional testing revealed a lot of problems, some of them are important. Anyway, I’m glad with the current results.