[wix-devs] Status of tests in Wix 3 and 4

[Rob Mensching]

"internal" is the problem. Always has been. Outside Microsoft the tests have never passed. See attached (and copied below since attachment will probably be stripped) for an email I plucked out my archive from 2015 that says the same thing that is always said about this problem.

Note: AppVeyor isn't the solution to getting the tests passing. It may be fun and trendy (I use it for my simple OSS projects too!) but spending time on AppVeyor will not get the tests passing any better. AppVeyor is just a distraction from the work that would need to be done.

Merry Christmas Eve!


Here is the attachment (I found 4 more with almost the exact same conversation):

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From: Heath Stewart [mailto:heaths at outlook.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 8:58 PM
To: WiX toolset developer mailing list <wix-devs at lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] WiX Test Packages

For that matter, all the tests need some love. Peter had asked about this recently as well and my reply was pretty much the same as Rob’s.

- Heath from my Surface Pro 3

From: Rob Mensching
Sent: ‎Tuesday‎, ‎March‎ ‎17‎, ‎2015 ‎1‎:‎10‎ ‎PM
To: WiX toolset developer mailing list

Someone needs to do the work. We don’t necessarily need the exact same packages (with all the private data in it)… just something that can satisfy the tests (or update tests as appropriate).
Work to be done by someone that wants to do it.
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From: Brian Rogers [mailto:rogers.brian at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 1:05 PM
To: WiX toolset developer mailing list
Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] WiX Test Packages
:) Is there something I should say to this gentleman or just ignore the need?
Side note, not that I have a lot of time, but is this something only previous MS people can do? If so, is there a way to get in on the fun?
Hope all is well!


Brian Rogers
"Intelligence removes complexity." - Me
http://blogs.msdn.com/icumove
On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Rob Mensching <rob at firegiant.com> wrote:
Yep. Outstanding task.
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FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | http://www.firegiant.com/
From: Brian Rogers [mailto:rogers.brian at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 12:58 PM
To: Windows Installer XML toolset developer mailing list
Subject: [WiX-devs] WiX Test Packages
Hey Rob / Bob / Heath,
What are you guys doing to replace all the MSI packages we had internally? I only ask because there is a PR and I feel there should be tests for it but don't know the new way.
Thanks,


Brian Rogers
"Intelligence removes complexity." - Me
http://blogs.msdn.com/icumove