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"Zimoch Dirk \(PSI\) via Core-talk" <core-talk at aps.anl.gov> · Fri, 16 Apr 2021 12:55:58 +0000

"Tests that are regularly failing" are worse than useless. How am I supposed to find out if I broke something if there are testes that "fail normally"? If they cannot be fixed, they should be removed or at least disabled.

Dirk

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Ben Franksen <benjamin.franksen at helmholtz-berlin.de>
> Gesendet: Freitag, 16. April 2021 14:29
> An: Zimoch Dirk (PSI) <dirk.zimoch at psi.ch>; 'core-talk at aps.anl.gov' <core-
> talk at aps.anl.gov>
> Betreff: Re: failing tests on github.com
> 
> Am 16.04.21 um 12:59 schrieb Zimoch Dirk (PSI) via Core-talk:
> > Today I pushed a merge request which caused several tests to fail at locations
> which are unrelated to my change.
> > https://github.com/dirk-zimoch/epics-base/actions/runs/754804587
> > Is there something wrong with the test setup? Is the current 7.0 head OK?
> 
> This came up in the recent meeting... the notes merely quote MAD as
> stating "We should document the tests that are regularly failing,
> suggest adding a GH issue for this." My preference would be to fix them
> (either our code, or the tests if the latter are at fault) but I have no
> idea how to do that.
> 
> Cheers
> Ben
> --
> I would rather have questions that cannot be answered, than answers that
> cannot be questioned.  -- Richard Feynman
> 

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