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Re: [rfc] xfailed tests in gdb.c++/classes.exp
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>
- To: gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:15:21 -0500
- Subject: Re: [rfc] xfailed tests in gdb.c++/classes.exp
- References: <200302280501.h1S51oS26231@duracef.shout.net>
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 11:01:50PM -0600, Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote:
> > Sure. But I suspect 2) represents an actual bug. Fixing this is about
> > three lines in c-typeprint.c. Should we or shouldn't we?
>
> A little late night rambling ...
>
> It depends on your role.
>
> In the QA role I've got kind of a black-boxy view. If the test script
> mimics what a user would type, and if I think that most users would be
> happy, then I'm happy.
>
> In the developer role, any loose edge might be a symptom of a bug. I
> remember when one little test in selftest.exp did not pass and I traced
> it down to memory corruption inside gdb. And we all know that a stitch
> in time saves nine. If you're looking at results that don't match what
> you, as a developer, believe the code should do, that is noteworthy,
> even if Joe User has no issue with it.
>
> Also, gdb has thousands more problems than we can fix. We have to do
> brutal triage on our TODO lists, every day. And I am personally bad at
> prioritizing. In fact one of my motives for working on gdb is to
> practice better prioritizing in an environment that lets me set my own
> goals.
The consensus is obviously that this output is OK. David, please do
add the new pass patterns.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer