Feature: add automated MATLAB tests to the build system

[mwinkel-dev]

Affiliation
MIT PSFC

Description
The build system needs automated tests of the APIs for MATLAB.

Example
Should be similar to the automated tests of the API for IDL.

Additional context
Suggest that this be added in phases:

• thin client API for read tests, local tree for write tests
• upgrade write tests to thin client API (requires adding some server infrastructure)
• thick client API tests
• cross-version testing

[mwinkel-dev]

Hi @ModestMC,

The first version of the MATLAB tests are now in alpha-7-139-65. You can obtain it from the GitHub web site.
https://github.com/MDSplus/mdsplus/releases/tag/alpha_release-7-139-65

In a few days, you will also be able to obtain the release from the usual package repos on the mdsplus.org web site. (We are almost done with our build server maintenance project, but have a few minor details to wrap up before releases are automatically transferred to the web site.)

Cross-version testing via mdsip is still on our task list. However, we need to set up some additional infrastructure. (But first, we must finish the build server maintenance project.)