What shall we do with NUnitLite?

[Charlie Poole]

Hi All,

I'm not sure if many of the original folks are still following
this list, but I'll take a shot at getting some feedback. If
there is none, then that's a sort of feedback too. ;-)

NUnitLite has languished for a while. I've tried to add in
new features developed for NUnit, but that's about all. The
original roadmap has gone by the board and we need a new one.

Is NUnitLite still useful? What is needed to make it more
so? Can you help?

I've proposed a merging of the source code of NUnitLite and
the NUnit framework, using conditional compilation to distinguish
between the two. This might save a bit of duplication. If you'd
like to comment on this proposal, visit
https://apps.sourceforge.net/ideatorrent/nunit
(you need a sourceforge id to vote or comment).

Even if use a common code base, NUnitLite won't receive much
attention unless folks who want to use it step up to help.
Some of you have proposed patches in the past, which I have
not even had time to review and merge, so I'm hoping you
won't give up but will step forward and volunteer again.

Charlie

[Mikey Reppy]

I for one would like to interage NUnitLite into our compact framework
work, it's just been one of those things that is not quite mandatory
yet.

So I would like to see the project continue!

Charlie, how self-explanatory is it all now? I have not looked at a
version in quite some time. Is there a checklist or similar for
getting the source, building, deploying to device, running tests on
device and interpreting results handy?

-Mikey

[Charlie Poole]

Hi Mikey,

Thanks for your note. I had not realized that
the info you ask about was no longer in one place
since we no longer use Codeplex.

As a start, I created a Faq at http://nunitlite.org/?p=faqs
with a few entries related to getting and building the source.
I'll add more to it as time allows.

The current source no longer has projects for smart devices,
which makes it difficult for VS developers to deploy and
test the application. I plan to re-create those projects
and will update the faqs when I do.

Charlie

[Brad Stiles]

> I'm not sure if many of the original folks are still following
> this list, but I'll take a shot at getting some feedback. If
> there is none, then that's a sort of feedback too. ;-)
>
> NUnitLite has languished for a while. I've tried to add in
> new features developed for NUnit, but that's about all. The
> original roadmap has gone by the board and we need a new one.
>
> Is NUnitLite still useful? What is needed to make it more
> so? Can you help?

NUnitLite is still useful. The project on which I was using it has
languished for a while as well, but not because of NUnitLite. :)

Fortunately, my day job has been providing me with enough work, and I've
been doing it with sufficient quality and velocity, for my employer to
justify retaining me. :)

Brad

[Charlie Poole]

Hi Brad,

> NUnitLite is still useful. The project on which I was using
> it has languished for a while as well, but not because of
> NUnitLite. :)
>
> Fortunately, my day job has been providing me with enough
> work, and I've been doing it with sufficient quality and
> velocity, for my employer to justify retaining me. :)

Thanks for the feedback. I haven't had much, but I'm still
convinced there is a need. Sharing the same source as the
NUnit framework should make it easier to keep up the
project and provide more frequent releases.

Charlie

PS: I guess you're catching up with lists - I noticed your
responses to a few relatively older posts. :-)

[Brad Stiles]

> > Fortunately, my day job has been providing me with enough
> > work, and I've been doing it with sufficient quality and
> > velocity, for my employer to justify retaining me. :)

> PS: I guess you're catching up with lists - I noticed your

> responses to a few relatively older posts. :-)

Ayup, the aforementioned "enough work". Which, truth be told, is
actually *more* than enough. Considering the alternative, I ain't
complainin'. :)

Brad

[Charlie Poole]

Hi All,

Following up on this post, here is the accepted solution in
our ideatorrent:

http://sourceforge.net/apps/ideatorrent/nunit/ideatorrent/idea/3/

A specification will be developed as a Launchpad blueprint. The
current placeholder entry is at

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nunit-3.0/+spec/merge-nunitlite

Charlie

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[Charlie Poole]

Correction: the Launchpad blueprint is actually this one:

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nunit-3.0/+spec/nunitlite-conditional-build