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Re: Clearify running testsuite as part of patch submission
On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:45:34 -0700 (PDT), Roland wrote:
> No, 'make check' is the standard target and everyone expects that it
> is safe to run in constrained environments.
>
> What we should do first is document all the details of the xcheck
> cases we have today. Then we can consider the issue further.
>
I can put this in my TODO list. Would a comment in each of the test case
files describing why this cannot be run as a regular test be
sufficient? We can even make that part of the submission process so
that future test cases go into xtests only if there is a valid reason
for it.
--
Siddhesh