* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 09:09:59PM CET: > On Monday 29 November 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > I approve the patch but ask you to keep that coverage in, now you update > > the patch with an unrelated new change whose applicability depends on > > completely different factors (namely deciding whether some behavior is > > desirable or not), > > > Why should its applicatibility depend on such a decision? The testcase > just serves to expose the current behaviour explicitly, without telling > if it's desirable or not.
IMVHO an entry in the bug tracker is more applicable for issues that may be valid or invalid. A commit adding a test that is later removed because it's invalid is not so easily searched for a couple of years later. Closed PRs on the other hand are straightforward to search. Cheers, Ralf