Alexei Zakharov wrote:
>> Could be - I don't see where the waste of time comes in.
>
> Just a simple arithmetic: 8 (test runs) is bigger (longer) than 1 or
> 2, + synchronizing costs..
Sorry? The 8 files reflect 8 *different platforms*, which are each
going to run anyway.
geir
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> Thanks,
>
> 24.11.06, Geir Magnusson Jr.<geir@pobox.com> написал(а):
>>
>>
>> Alexei Zakharov wrote:
>> > In this case we can run against the situation when the test will
>> > remain excluded forever for some platform.
>>
>> Why? Our goal is to get rid of any excluded tests. Consider the
>> excluded tests as the existence of a regression, and we should work to
>> fix ASAP.
>>
>> We aren't "parking" them there to be ignored - we're putting them there
>> so that the build can complete while we work on the fixes. We're in
>> essence "grandfathering-in" these regressions.
>>
>> > People have their own
>> > problems. IMHO we should do this only if there are suspicions that the
>> > test is platform dependent. Otherwise it is a waste of time IMO and CC
>> > can handle this.
>>
>> Could be - I don't see where the waste of time comes in.
>>
>> geir
>>
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > 24.11.06, Geir Magnusson Jr.<geir@pobox.com> написал(а):
>> >> Why not just remove from the platforms you have, and ask others to
>> >> update (or not) platforms you don't have as appropriate?
>> >>
>> >> geir
>> >>
>> >> Tim Ellison wrote:
>> >> > Alexei Zakharov wrote:
>> >> >> Hi,
>> >> >>
>> >> >>> So we just should choice what is better: to break sometimes
>> tests run
>> >> >>> or to
>> >> >>> forget enable test(s) on some platforms.
>> >> >> Yesterday, when I was removing one of the beans tests from exclude
>> >> >> lists, I feel a bit uncomfortable while updating
>> >> >> exclude.linux.x86_64.xxx since I have no (easy) access to such
>> systems
>> >> >> and had no plans to run tests on it. IMHO (in the perfect world)
>> the
>> >> >> fact that I remove or add something from / to exclude.linux.x86_64
>> >> >> means I've at least ran tests for this platform and obtained some
>> >> >> result. So let's have a common list, it's easier to deal with
it
>> >> >> psychologically. :-)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> As for above question: +1 for being optimists, i.e. to remove
>> the test
>> >> >> from common list if it passes on all platforms available to tester.
>> >> >
>> >> > +1 (otherwise I'll share the psychotherapy costs with you :-)
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