On Wednesday 08 September 2010, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Tue, 7 Sep 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > Actually, I haven't come across many test failures where more > > information was necessary. At least in this case I think it was > > crystal clear from the silent5.log file, no? ;-) > > > > One practical problem with sending test directory contents by > > default is that they can be pretty large. When multiple > > failures occur, say, all Libtool-related tests fail due to a > > Libtool installation bug, we're speaking of several MB packed. > > I don't really want this sent to a public mailing list read by > > dozens of people. > > Yes, and as a point of fact, my message was rejected by the mailing > list and only made it to Stefano due to being listed in the Cc:. Ouch. You are right, unfortunately.
What about creating a separeted tarball for any failed/skipped test (maybe in a proper common subdirectory `tests/test-suite.dir'), then displaiyng a message which tells the user "detailed information about tests' failures are available in files saved in `tests/test-suite.dir'; please copy this directory to a safe known place, and write to the mailing list <[email protected]> for more information regarding how to send these information over to package maintainers"? Would that help IYO (In Your Opinion)? Regards, Stefano
