On Sunday 17 August 2008 09:29:14 Bob Rogers wrote:

>    I notice that docs/project/release_manager_guide.pod says (line 123):
>
>       It is not necessary to quiet all the codingstd tests for a
>       release.
>
> Since these tests are on "make test" (and hence visible to
> non-developers), and are being tested with Smolder in any case, I think
> this sentence is bad advice and should be removed.  WDOT?

Not all of the codingstd tests are part of make test.  There's a specific 
codingstd test target you can run separately.  I estimate about 2/3 of the 
tests will pass.  The others may or may not ever pass.  For example, the 
macro parenthesization tests will never all pass.

-- c

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