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Suggest testing patches in a gentler way. 

Encourage people to submit tests with their patches as well.
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Dimitrie O. Paun 2005-01-14 15:14:09 +00:00 committed by Alexandre Julliard
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friend! friend!
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
Save yourself some embarrassment and run your patched code Try to test your patch against more than just your current test
against more than just your current test example. Experience example. Experience will tell you how much effort to apply here.
will tell you how much effort to apply here. If there are If there are any conformance tests for the code you're working on,
any conformance tests for the code you're working on, run them run them and make sure they still pass after your patch is applied.
and make sure they still pass after your patch is applied. Running Running tests can be done by running <command>make test</command>.
tests can be done by running <command>make test</command>. You may You may need to run <command>make testclean</command> to undo the
need to run <command>make testclean</command> to undo the results results of a previous test run.
of a previous test run. See the <quote>testing</quote> guide for </para>
more details on Wine's conformance tests. <para>
Please consider submitting a conformance test for your changes.
This will make it a lot clearer for everyone that your patch is
needed, and it will prevent future breakage. While you are not
strictly required to submit tests, it is highly encouraged to do so.
See the <quote>testing</quote> guide for more details on Wine's
conformance tests.
</para> </para>
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