+1
Thanks Tibor

On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 9:37 AM Tibor Zimányi <tzima...@apache.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> as I wrote in one of the previous e-mails in this thread:
> "I think the notification of the involved commiter could be done as part of
> creating of the issue to fix the tests. The person involved can be assigned
> as an asignee. "
>
> To clarify, by involved commiter I meant either author of the test or the
> person who is maintaining that part of the codebase.
>
> Hopefully this clarifies this.
>
> Tibor
>
> Dňa št 25. 1. 2024, 9:22 Francisco Javier Tirado Sarti <
> ftira...@redhat.com>
> napísal(a):
>
> > I agree with Josef, I realize the SpringBoot listener example test was
> > disabled while fixing an issue related to it. If not, the test would have
> > remained disabled.
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 5:51 AM Jozef Marko <jozef.ma...@ibm.com.invalid
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Thank you for this discussion. I think disabling flaky tests in given
> way
> > > is reasonable.
> > >
> > > I have one related question, once similar flaky test is disabled, and a
> > > ticket is reported. Who will be assigned to this ticket? Will it be the
> > > test author?
> > >
> > > My point is, that usually only test author and few other engineers
> > working
> > > on the same component understand completely the given test, but
> probably
> > > they do not check the codebase daily if the test is still enabled.
> > >
> > > So, will be these people notified? Otherwise, most of these tickets
> will
> > > be probably closed after the proposed period without any test
> update/fix.
> > >
> > > Jozef Marko
> > > Software Developer
> > > jozef.ma...@ibm.com
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Toni Rikkola <trikk...@redhat.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 3:58 PM
> > > To: dev@kie.apache.org
> > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PROPOSAL] Workflow for ignoring long failing
> > tests
> > >
> > > The reason I mentioned this was that we had this same decision made 8
> > > years ago and shared it to the entire team.
> > > It stated that anyone can disable any flaky test and make a ticket for
> > it.
> > > It was even more strict, you just had to have one flaky failure.
> > >
> > > So to me it looks like we are just stating the same thing again hoping
> > for
> > > a different outcome.
> > >
> > > But yes, to make it clear for everyone we should write it down and we
> can
> > > see how it goes and act on it later if needed.
> > >
> > > Toni
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 2:09 PM Tibor Zimányi <tzima...@apache.org>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I think we don't need to enforce it or gatekeep this any way. The
> > > > thing is, if we have the agreement that we want to have this official
> > > > workflow, it should fix the problem you are mentioning Toni, that
> > > > people are afraid to do so. If it will be officially stated, that
> > > > failing tests can be disabled in the code, people should just do it.
> > > > They can always point to this potential agreement. The best thing
> > > > would be to even document it on Confluence. I will do that if we have
> > an
> > > agreement on this.
> > > >
> > > > Tibor
> > > >
> > > > Dňa st 24. 1. 2024, 12:40 Toni Rikkola <trikk...@redhat.com>
> > napísal(a):
> > > >
> > > > > Not informing the author was my mistake on that PR. I should have
> > > > > asked
> > > > the
> > > > > original author to review it.
> > > > >
> > > > > But the problem is not that we lack this procedure. The KIE team
> > > > > agreed
> > > > on
> > > > > this in 2015. It is that maybe we lack the strength to do it,
> > > > > especially when it is someone else's area of code. This needs some
> > > > > sort of
> > > > gatekeeper
> > > > > or supervisor and time frames when the build quality and if these
> > > > problems
> > > > > were acted on are validated and measured.
> > > > >
> > > > > Meanwhile I offer myself to work on these and disable them, if
> > > > > anyone
> > > > wants
> > > > > to point me to some flaky test I can act on them. I could even make
> > > > > some system for measurement. We can then, or now, decide what we
> > > > > then do with that data.
> > > > >
> > > > > Toni
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 8:04 PM Tibor Zimányi <tzima...@apache.org
> >
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I think the notification of the involved commiter could be done
> as
> > > > > > part
> > > > > of
> > > > > > creating of the issue to fix the tests. The person involved can
> be
> > > > > assigned
> > > > > > as an asignee.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > T.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Dňa ut 23. 1. 2024, 18:50 Francisco Javier Tirado Sarti <
> > > > > > ftira...@redhat.com>
> > > > > > napísal(a):
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Ok, but I think we first need to establish a way (my apologies
> > > > > > > is
> > > > that
> > > > > > way
> > > > > > > is already there) to notify  committerthat a test that they
> were
> > > > > involved
> > > > > > > with is failing
> > > > > > > That way, we will avoid disable tests like this one
> > > > > > > INVALID URI REMOVED
> > > > > > >
> apache_incubator-2Dkie-2Dkogito-2Dexamples_issues_1831&d=DwIFaQ&
> > > > > > >
> c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=Tvtr6trQuIEn20iSHtFwcpynBt8ViCybz4kYp
> > > > > > >
> jmDDUQ&m=C6gAvciwgXz7uJX__01AVZ3YHxSotIhuktwbnBnNuTvnLRU-NHMRqOd
> > > > > > > NENKhsqKe&s=8p3WYlpcXfcLl1n4BnrSpBWNIdPIUhslTPsb41eE4IM&e= ,
> > > > > > which
> > > > > > > are quite important to ensure Springboot messaging is working.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 6:38 PM ricardo zanini fernandes <
> > > > > > > ricardozan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > +1
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 1:03 PM Martin Cimbálek
> > > > > > > > <cim...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > +1
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > > > > Martin Cimbalek
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 3:36 PM Tibor Zimányi <
> > > > tzima...@apache.org
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Hi everyone,
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > I want to propose a workflow for situations, when some
> > > > > > > > > > tests
> > > > are
> > > > > > > > failing
> > > > > > > > > > for a longer time. In such cases, my proposed workflow
> is:
> > > > > > > > > > - If a test or a set of tests is failing for two days
> > > > (nightlies
> > > > > or
> > > > > > > PR
> > > > > > > > > > checks),  ignore those tests in the codebase, so they are
> > > > > > > > > > not
> > > > > > > executed.
> > > > > > > > > > - File an issue in kie-issues repository, reporting the
> > > > > > > > > > test
> > > > > > > failures.
> > > > > > > > > > - If the issue is not resolved for half a year, delete
> > > > > > > > > > those
> > > > > tests
> > > > > > > from
> > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > codebase.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > What do you think please? This should make sure all
> > > > > > > > > > failures
> > > > that
> > > > > > > don't
> > > > > > > > > get
> > > > > > > > > > fixed immediately after they occur get logged in the
> issue
> > > > > tracker,
> > > > > > > so
> > > > > > > > > they
> > > > > > > > > > can be appropriately handled and don't block unrelated PR
> > > > checks
> > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > builds. It will also make sure that tests that are not
> > > > > > > > > > fixed
> > > > for
> > > > > a
> > > > > > > long
> > > > > > > > > > time (therefore they could be perceived as not important)
> > > > > > > > > > are
> > > > > not a
> > > > > > > > > > maintenance burden for the future.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Best regards,
> > > > > > > > > > Tibor
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
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