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On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:16:04 -0600 |
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Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@g.o> wrote: |
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> if people are just going to RESTRICT tests when they fail (and they |
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> will, because it's a hell of a lot easier than actually fixing them), |
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> what's the point of having a testsuite at all? and once a testsuite is |
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> restricted, it'll stay restricted even if upstream fixes the problem |
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> because no one will bother checking. |
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You're assuming that developers are lazy, incompetent and don't care |
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about QA. If this isn't the case, developers will instead fix or remove |
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individual test failures where reasonably possible, and will unrestrict |
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tests when doing version bumps. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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