On Thu, 23 Sep 2021 12:53:23 GMT, Aleksey Shipilev <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Now that OpenJDK has more or less complete `tier{1,2,3,4}` definitions,
>> let's mention them in `testing.md`.
>>
>> Current patch is my braindump, I am open for suggestions :)
>
> Aleksey Shipilev has updated the pull request incrementally with one
> additional commit since the last revision:
>
> More fixes
Marked as reviewed by alanb (Reviewer).
doc/testing.html line 80:
> 78: <ul>
> 79: <li><p><code>tier1</code>: This is the lowest test tier. Multiple
> developers run these tests every day. Because of the widespread use, the
> tests in <code>tier1</code> are carefully selected and optimized to run fast,
> and to run in the most stable manner. The test failures in <code>tier1</code>
> are usually followed up on quickly, either with fixes, or adding relevant
> tests to problem list. GitHub Actions workflows, if enabled, run
> <code>tier1</code> tests.</p></li>
> 80: <li><p><code>tier2</code>: This test group covers even more ground. These
> contain, among other things, tests that either run for too long to be at
> <code>tier1</code>, or may require special configuration, or tests that are
> less stable, or cover the broader range of less critical JVM and JDK
> features/components (for example, jaxp).</p></li>
Thanks for the updates, I think it reads much better now.
A small suggestion is to change "less critical" to "non-core", and "jaxp" to
"XML" as I don't expect too many people know what JAXP is.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5615
