[dev] Preparing compatibility with PHPUnit 6

[Jan Schneider]

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

> Am 15.05.2018 um 22:50 schrieb 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.
>>
> I read this as a go-ahead for after openSUSE con this weekend? Would you
> prefer a series of PRs against the individual repos or direct commits
> (in those repos where I have access)?
> Would you like a changelog entry/metadata update with this change?

This is BC with PHPUnit 4 that we currently ship with Horde_Test,  
right? Then I don't see a changelog being necessary.

Better than a huge number of patches would be a small script to do the  
actual changes. The commits can be done by one of us with full commit  
access, all at once.

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