bug#47071: 28.0.50; Show ERT failure reason in batch mode

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Julian Scheid <jscheid@protonmail.com> writes:

> The data is only displayed in interactive mode as a side-effect
> however, not in batch mode.  I think it's useful to see the failure or
> skip reason in batch mode as well, which is why I would like to
> suggest the following change.

Thanks, but I'm not sure this level of detail is helpful in batch mode.

For instance, in python-tests, you get the wall of text included below,
which I think would be excessive.

Does anybody else have an opinion here?

14 skipped results:
  SKIPPED  python-shell-get-process-1  ((skip-unless (executable-find 
python-tests-shell-interpreter)) :form (executable-find "python") :value nil)
  SKIPPED  python-shell-internal-get-or-create-process-1  ((skip-unless 
(executable-find python-tests-shell-interpreter)) :form (executable-find 
"python") :value nil)
  SKIPPED  python-shell-make-comint-1  ((skip-unless (executable-find 
python-tests-shell-interpreter)) :form (executable-find "python") :value nil)
  SKIPPED  python-shell-make-comint-2  ((skip-unless (executable-find 
python-tests-shell-interpreter)) :form (executable-find "python") :value nil)
  SKIPPED  python-shell-make-comint-3  ((skip-unless (executable-find 
python-tests-shell-interpreter)) :form (executable-find "python") :value nil)
  SKIPPED  python-shell-make-comint-4  ((skip-unless (executable-find 
python-tests-shell-interpreter)) :form (executable-find "python") :value nil)
  SKIPPED  python-shell-prompt-detect-1  ((skip-unless (executable-find 
python-tests-shell-interpreter)) :form (executable-find "python") :value nil)
  SKIPPED  python-shell-prompt-detect-2  ((skip-unless (executable-find 
python-tests-shell-interpreter)) :form (executable-find "python") :value nil)
  SKIPPED  python-shell-prompt-detect-3  ((skip-unless (executable-find 
python-tests-shell-interpreter)) :form (executable-find "python") :value nil)
  SKIPPED  python-shell-prompt-detect-4  ((skip-unless (executable-find 
python-tests-shell-interpreter)) :form (executable-find "python") :value nil)
  SKIPPED  python-shell-prompt-detect-5  ((skip-unless (executable-find 
python-tests-shell-interpreter)) :form (executable-find "python") :value nil)
  SKIPPED  python-shell-prompt-detect-6  ((skip-unless (executable-find 
python-tests-shell-interpreter)) :form (executable-find "python") :value nil)
  SKIPPED  python-shell-prompt-set-calculated-regexps-6  ((skip-unless 
(executable-find python-tests-shell-interpreter)) :form (executable-find 
"python") :value nil)
  SKIPPED  python-tests--bug31398  ((skip-unless (executable-find 
python-tests-shell-interpreter)) :form (executable-find "python") :value nil)


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