On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 10:51 +1200, Simon Kitching wrote: > On Wed, 2005-06-08 at 23:22 +0100, robert burrell donkin wrote: > > > > > ======================= other > > > > > > The src distro builds fine with Java1.5 on Linux (debian 3.1). > > > > > > Unfortunately, there are ?? unit test failures when using java 1.3.1: > > > TEST org.apache.commons.betwixt.strategy.TestConversionFlavour FAILED > > > TEST org.apache.commons.betwixt.schema.TestSchemaGeneration FAILED > > > TEST org.apache.commons.betwixt.io.read.TestBindTimeTypeMapping FAILED > > > TEST org.apache.commons.betwixt.io.read.TestMaps FAILED > > > TEST org.apache.commons.betwixt.recursion.TestSharedIDGeneration FAILED > > > TEST org.apache.commons.betwixt.derived.TestWriteClass FAILED > > > > > > They look like real failures; some of the output is shown below. > > > > not sure whether they are real failures or not. a lot of the tests are > > *very* sensitive to changes in undocumented introspection symantics > > (such as ordering of methods) and have had a history of failing on > > different JVM's. i would have expected to have had some feedback from > > users by now if there were major problems on 1.5. > > > > i'm inclined to push this release out as is since there are users who > > need a formal release with the extra functionality urgently and worry > > about 1.5 compatibility later. > > The info above shows that the tests *work* on 1.5, but *fail* on 1.3.
knew i should have turned in earlier :) > As you say, these are probably due to method ordering and are problems > with the tests rather than with the code. But it's hard to be sure. > > At the very least, I think the release notes need to state that this > release may not work on java 1.3. i think thomas is right and probably this should be the 1.7 release (rather than 1.6.1) which means a vote. so, everything will be delayed a few days. which will probably give me a chance to take a look into this issue (i hope). - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
