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| From: | "Diego Elio Pettenò" <flameeyes@×××××××××.eu> | ||
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| To: | "gentoo-dev@l.g.o" <gentoo-dev@l.g.o> | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-dev] Running tests using virtualx.eclass should be allowed to be forced to run in virtual X always | ||
| Date: | Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:40:17 | ||
| Message-Id: | CAHcsgXS=MQ0GE8Jj0gtiDVR-UOAh6xROMJjdFcOZYnxJSjPT+g@mail.gmail.com | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-dev] Running tests using virtualx.eclass should be allowed to be forced to run in virtual X always by Pacho Ramos |
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| 1 | On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Pacho Ramos <pacho@g.o> wrote: |
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| 3 | > |
| 4 | > Wouldn't be better to make that tests *always* use virtual X? |
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| 7 | As Patrick said, yes, if they don't they are broken. Especially so if Xvfb |
| 8 | does not represent a modern X anymore, as that would mean that tests will |
| 9 | behave differently depending on where you launch them. |
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| 11 | And non-deterministic tests are stupid, useless, broken tests. |
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| 14 | Diego Elio Pettenò — Flameeyes |
| 15 | flameeyes@×××××××××.eu — http://blog.flameeyes.eu/ |
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| Re: [gentoo-dev] Running tests using virtualx.eclass should be allowed to be forced to run in virtual X always | Fabio Erculiani <lxnay@g.o> |