On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 12:09:16PM +0200, Giannis Christodoulou wrote: > 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?
Yes, definitely. > 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. This is fine and is covered by "CI configuration and scripts" in my view. Regards, Joe
