metomi / fab

Flexible build system for scientific software
https://metomi.github.io/fab/
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Consider value of system tests #294

Open MatthewHambley opened 3 months ago

MatthewHambley commented 3 months ago

Currently the system tests are really just testing the top level program as all the other functionality is well covered by unit tests. Their value should be assessed.

In particular it might be better to replace them with something more like acceptance tests which build real-world example code bases that we care about.

Resource usage may be an issue there.