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.. Thanks, 24.11.06, Geir Magnusson Jr.<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 :-)
-- Alexei Zakharov, Intel Enterprise Solutions Software Division
