Re: [gpsd-dev] Regression test failed on fortrex-201.log.chk

[Eric S. Raymond]

Hal Murray <address@hidden>:
> 
> My 2 cents...
> 
> address@hidden said:
> > 3.) Is it more important to support this broken checkfile then the output of
> > devices claiming to comform to nmea0183 version 4.1?  
> 
> It's more important that scons check works cleanly.
> 
> > After the analyse, i considered this as a problem in the check file, and not
> > a problem of my patch, so i wounder, why people cry "scons check" is broken
> > without analyse of the reason of the problem. 
> 
> When you send in a patch, you are expected to have run scons check without 
> problems.
> 
> If your patch uncovers a bug, that needs to get sorted out.  If the problem 
> is not your fault, somebody is likely to fix it or tell you how to fix it.

I concur.
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>