----- Original Message ----- > From: "Aleksandar Kurtakov" <akurt...@redhat.com> > To: "Linux Tools developer discussions" <linuxtools-dev@eclipse.org> > Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2014 10:48:12 AM > Subject: Announcement: SWTBot tests > > I've committed a patch that ignores some of the failing tests. > > I beg every contributor - PLEASE DO NOT ADD MORE SWTBOT tests. > I'm really tired of the instability of these tests. There are many problems > with these tests like: > * They are fragile - a widget being added/removed in other components breaks > them > * They are not real unit tests - failures are usually not in the component > that is supposed to be under test but elsewhere. > * They do not help shaping good API as people don't use the API that are > exposed but do "clicks" > * So much noise generated by swtbot tests in hudson that make the mailing > list unusable > * No one cares about test failures anymore and ignores them > * ............... > I do not mind having SWTBot tests in the codebase but they should not be > enabled in the default build and hudson. Every test that runs by default > must work 100% when doing "mvn clean verify". > From now on, whenever I spot a test case failing more than twice in gerrit > when testing unrelated patch I'll add ignore to it as it is high time to get > reliable builds. I'm really getting tired of these issues. > > Tests that fail randomly are useless and even harmless. Period.
Edit: Tests that fail randomly are useless and even harmfull. Period. > > > Alexander Kurtakov > Red Hat Eclipse team > > _______________________________________________ linuxtools-dev mailing list linuxtools-dev@eclipse.org To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe from this list, visit https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxtools-dev
