what is a test database ?

[Stefan Seefeld]

hi there,

I'm trying to understand the design of qmtest to be able
to use it to manage unit tests for some projects I'm
running, so I'd like to figure out what the most elegant
way is to integrate qmtest support into my code repository
and the build system.

The tests are part of a build, i.e. 'make test' will
generate a set of executables that then are to be run
to assure code correctness.

Thinking about it that way, the only persistent data
are the actual test results, which I may want to keep
for later reference (i.e. regressions measurements).

In what context would I make the tests themselfs persistent ?
Don't they always reflect the current state of the code (i.e.
in the repository) ?
What is the meaning of 'test database' then ?

Thanks for any clarifications !

Stefan