I created http://bugs.python.org/issue29972 to skip tests known to fail on AIX. I already proposed two different pull requests which fix some tests (not all tests yet).
Victor 2017-04-03 16:12 GMT+02:00 Victor Stinner <victor.stin...@gmail.com>: > 2017-04-03 16:00 GMT+02:00 David Edelsohn <dje....@gmail.com>: >> I have fixed the Git problem. I thought that it had been working. > > Thank you :-) I see tests running: > http://buildbot.python.org/all/builders/PPC64%20AIX%203.x/builds/567/steps/test/logs/stdio > >> The testsuite failures on AIX are issues with the AIX kernel and C >> Library, often corner cases. I don't want to get into arguments about >> the POSIX standard. Some of the issues are actual conformance issues >> and some are different interpretations of the standard. > > Many tests of the CPython test suite actually test also the OS, not > only Python. But in many cases, it's complex to "mock" the OS > (unittest.mock), since tested functions are thin wrapper to syscals. > >> Addressing the problems in AIX is a slow process. If the failing testcases >> are >> too annoying, I would recommend to skip the testcases. > > So yeah, let's skip such tests on AIX! > >> Despite the testsuite failures, Python builds and runs on AIX for the >> vast majority of users and applications. I don't see the benefit in >> dropping support for a platform that functions because it doesn't >> fully pass the testsuite. > > It's a limitation of buildbot, the output is basically binary: pass > (green) or fail (red). If buildbot would understand test results > (parse stdout, or Python produces a output file easier to parse), it > would be possible to detect *regressions* compared to previous runs. > Using Jenkins and JUnit, I know that it's possible to do that. But I'm > not volunteer to handle buildbot or switch to Jenkins, I can only help > to fix buildbot issues ;-) > > My point is that with the current tools, it's hard to distinguish > regressions to "known failures": buildbots failing since many months. > > Victor _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
