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Re: Policy about not-yet-regression tests?
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Graham Percival |
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Re: Policy about not-yet-regression tests? |
Date: |
Sat, 9 Apr 2011 00:33:56 +0100 |
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On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:06:09PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
> Han-Wen Nienhuys <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 11:01 AM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> do we just want regression tests for things that _do_ work currently,
> >> or is it ok to add tests for things that _should_ work but don't, as
> >> long as the test does not bomb out?
> >
> > I think adding things that don't work is not a good idea; it will
> > confuse people, and add noise for developers.
Agreed. We have enough confusion about the regtests as it is.
> > We have the bug tracker
> > to keep track of feature requests.
>
> Removing a bug is not the same as adding a feature.
Agreed -- but if you've identified a bug, please add it to the
tracker.
> > Almost all bugfixes should be accompanied by a regtest; if they are
> > not Graham's police should start hunting down offenders.
We have so many communication/organizational problems to fix that
there's no way this is going to happen. If you see a patch
(helpfully highlighted with the 48-hour countdown) that doesn't
have a regtest, and you think it should have one, then of course
don't hesitate to speak up! But I don't think we should have a
blanket rule that every patch should have a regtest.
> I am talking about bugs without a fix. Sometimes they disappear as a
> sideeffect of fixing a different bug, or restructuring code.
I think the issue tracker is the best place for that. It's true
that sometimes issues get fixed magically, and occasionally we
look through the regtest to identify those.
Cheers,
- Graham
- Policy about not-yet-regression tests?, David Kastrup, 2011/04/08
- Re: Policy about not-yet-regression tests?, Han-Wen Nienhuys, 2011/04/08
- Re: Policy about not-yet-regression tests?, David Kastrup, 2011/04/08
- Re: Policy about not-yet-regression tests?,
Graham Percival <=
- Re: Policy about not-yet-regression tests?, David Kastrup, 2011/04/08
- Re: Policy about not-yet-regression tests?, Graham Percival, 2011/04/08
- Re: Policy about not-yet-regression tests?, David Kastrup, 2011/04/09
- Re: Policy about not-yet-regression tests?, Graham Percival, 2011/04/10
- Re: Policy about not-yet-regression tests?, David Kastrup, 2011/04/10
- Re: Policy about not-yet-regression tests?, Graham Percival, 2011/04/10
- Re: Policy about not-yet-regression tests?, David Kastrup, 2011/04/10
- Re: Policy about not-yet-regression tests?, Graham Percival, 2011/04/11
- Re: Policy about not-yet-regression tests?, David Kastrup, 2011/04/11
- Re: Policy about not-yet-regression tests?, Graham Percival, 2011/04/11