[dev] Preparing compatibility with PHPUnit 6

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Ralf Lang <lang at b1-systems.de>:

> Am 15.05.2018 um 15:29 schrieb Andy Dorman:
>> On 5/15/18 8:20 AM, Mathieu Parent wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> In Debian (and Ubuntu), we need to patch Horde to pass tests with
>>> latest phpunit. This leads to divergence with Horde that we want to
>>> avoid.
>>>
>>> I propose to send pull requests to do the following, preserving
>>> current compatibility with phpunit 4.8 while preparing for phpunit 6:
>>> - 1. Add expectException method to Horde_Test_Case calling
>>> parent::expectException on phpunit >= 5.2 and setExpectedException on
>>> < 5.2 (see [PHPUnit-5.2.0])
>>> - 2. Replace all "extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase" by "extends
>>> Horde_Test_Case" (> 300 occurences)
>>> - 3. Replace all "$this->setExpectedException(...)" calls by
>>> "$this->expectException(...)" (this will require a version bump of
>>> dependency Horde_Test to the one implementing 1.)
>>>
>>> This will fix most of the compatibility problems.
>>>
>>> What do you think? Maybe step 2 can be done by one of the core devs
>>> with direct commit rights?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>
>> FWIW, we use debian and I concur.
>>
>
> That's the kind of refactoring I'd like to test my understanding of
> Horde_Refactor with ... but no time before openSUSE Con end of may...
>
> Also jan should comment as the test framework is a sensitive part...

Sounds like a good plan. And the refactoring should be possible with a  
  more or less simple search-and-replace.

-- 
Jan Schneider
The Horde Project
https://www.horde.org/