update test notes [build_translations]

Author: jmckenna

en/development/dev_practices.txt

@@ -7,10 +7,18 @@ Development practices
 Making changes to MapServer
 ---------------------------
 
-Minor changes to MapServer, such as bug fixes, may be made by opening a GitHub pull request.
+- Minor changes to MapServer, such as bug fixes, may be made by opening a GitHub 
+  `pull request <https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/pulls>`__.  
 
-Major changes should be discussed on the mapserver-dev listserv and may require the drafting
-of a RFC (request for comment) document.
+- Please always include a test in `/msautotest` as part of your pull request, by 
+  following the steps listed in :ref:`autotest`).
+
+- Major changes should be discussed on the `mapserver-dev <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-dev>`__ 
+  listserv and may require the drafting of a :ref:`RFC (request for comment) <rfcs>` document.
+  
+- Security changes must follow MapServer's `Security Policy <https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/blob/main/SECURITY.md/>`__
+
+.. seealso:: :ref:`Bug Submission Guidelines <bugs>`
 
 Git usage
 ---------

en/development/tests/autotest.txt

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 :Contact:      warmerdam at pobox.com
 :Author:       Jeff McKenna
 :Contact:      jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
-:Last Updated: 2026-06-02
+:Last Updated: 2026-07-03
 
 .. contents:: Table of Contents
     :depth: 2
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Getting `msautotest`
 Skip this section if you've followed the :ref:`vagrant` steps.
 
 `msautotest` is available from GitHub, and exists inside the *main*
-MapServer repository, in /MapServer/msautotest/. It can be fetched with
+MapServer repository, in `/MapServer/msautotest/`. It can be fetched with
 something like::
 
     git clone https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer.git
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ already installed.
 msautotest also requires that the executables built with MapServer, notably
 :ref:`map2img`, :ref:`legend <legend_utility>`, :ref:`mapserv` and
 :ref:`scalebar <scalebar_utility>`, are available in the path. This can be
-accomplished by adding the MapServer build directory to my path.
+accomplished by adding the MapServer build directory to your path.
 
 csh::
 
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ each as its own subdirectory, such as:
 
 ::
 
+  api
+  config
   gdal
   misc
   mspython
@@ -96,6 +98,14 @@ each as its own subdirectory, such as:
   renderers
   sld
   wxs
+  
+.. note::
+   The PHP MapScript tests inside `/php` can be run through PHPUnit, by following the steps in 
+   its `README.md <https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/blob/main/msautotest/php/README.md>`__ 
+
+.. tip::
+   If you add a new category (subdirectory), you can add that folder to the 
+   `testpaths` parameter in the `/msautotest/pytest.ini` file.
 
 You can run all tests with just `pytest` from `msautotest`
 root directory. All standard options of pytest can be used to filter tests to