Hi all,
I was reading through the project guidelines [1] and the 2.4.x STATUS
file [2] and had a couple of questions about the process for test suite
changes.
The guidelines say that changes to the active repository (trunk) are
subject to lazy consensus, while changes to a prior branch (2.4.x)
require consensus before commit.
They also distinguish between ideas (RTC) and patches (CTR). In
addition, the 2.4.x STATUS file has a list of RTC exceptions and tests
are not mentioned there.
So my questions are:
1. Does adding or fixing/updating a test count as a patch, hence a
committer can push it to trunk under lazy consensus?
2. Should test-only changes to 2.4.x remain under full RTC? I know that
a bad test can mask real issues but since they don't affect runtime
behavior I think it could have a lighter process.
Please share any thoughts on these.
Regards,
Giannis Christodoulou
[1] https://httpd.apache.org/dev/guidelines.html
[2] https://github.com/apache/httpd/blob/2.4.x/STATUS
