[Zope-Coders] Linux Test Results - Zope HEAD - failures:1

[Tres Seaver]

On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 04:25, Chris Withers wrote:
> Shane Hathaway wrote:
> > Chris,
> > 
> > A few weeks ago, I had to discontinue sending test results emails 
> > because I couldn't allocate the time anymore to fix the bugs.  I think 
> > it would be appropriate for you to do the same and stop sending these 
> > test results emails, unless you're able to fix the problems yourself.
> 
> Wow. Talk about shooting the messanger. Or is that burying heads in sand? ;-)
> 
> I don't see much point in having a test suite that's failing. I don't have the 
> expertise to fix the current tests that are failing. As Guido said, Fred is 
> working on a fix for this particular failure. I've contacted Andreas about 
> fixing the failing TextIndex tests on Windows, which I suspect to be due to 
> distinctly dodgy FileStorage / ZODB abuse in the test suite, but he doesn't 
> appear interested (or maybe doesn't have the time) to fix them.
> 
> I personally think it's a good thing for people to be notified of these failures 
> _a lot_ so that someone who can will fix them. That said, if you'd prefer we 
> take the ostrich approach, please let me know...

The risk here is that these mails become "noise", which may hide
"signal";  I have been deleting them unread for some days now,
resampling only every fourth or fifth day.  Perhaps a better resolution
would be to disable the tests on the platforms where they can't pass,
and create a collector issue which describes the problem.

Tres.
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