On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Jarred Nicholls <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 1:52 PM, David Levin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It means that I'm much more likely to cause regressions because I miss new >> test failures caused by my changes among the 12 to 62 failures >> already occurring on the OS X bots.1 >> > > Yeah it was wigging me out this morning. > > >> >> I think there are a few solutions to the current situation: >> >> 1. Live with it. All of the red and green reminds us of the festive winter >> holidays. >> > > presents! > > >> Downside: More regressions get in as nobody notices them much even if >> they try to be careful. >> Upside: Requires no more extra work, so it is quick to do! >> >> 2. Get folks working on every red test. >> > > Was thinkin' about diving head first into this. > > >> Downside: May not be able to get folks to drop what they are doing and >> work on them. >> Upside: More stable code, easier to work with, etc. >> >> 3. Add them to skipped and file bugs. >> > > Good first step. Some of the tests are flaky though - I'll get different > results on subsequent runs. > I'm ok with letting flaky ones run for now as they are re-run by the harness and won't hide new failures. I would like to take care of those that are always failing. I'm in favor of this one -- Adding them to skipped and filing bugs. dave > > >> Downside: Not having the tree red may lower the urgency and having >> them in skipped list may mean that folks just ignore them. >> Upside: We'll catch regressions more quickly and perhaps stop the >> current decent which it seems like we've been proceeding on. >> >> 4. Your idea! >> >> What do other folks think? >> >> Dave >> >> _______________________________________________ >> webkit-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev >> >> > > > -- > ................................................................ > > *Sencha* > Jarred Nicholls, Senior Software Architect > @jarrednicholls > <http://twitter.com/jarrednicholls> > >
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