On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 at 02:56, Reinhard <reinha...@schwarzrot-design.de>
wrote:

>
> What's the sense of runtests?
>

The tests are largely to check that fixed bugs have stayed fixed, many are
based on specific problems previously encountered.

It's a ringle command to run them and a 20 minute wait. It doesn't seem
that much to ask.

linuxcnc supports the most ridiculous functionality but has no tests for
> the
> very basics?
>

If you have identified gaps in the tests, then tests to fill those gaps
would be welcome.


> The diffs I sent where captured by "diff -Naur" which means, you can apply
> the
> code changes by running "patch" automatically. But that diffs are the
> improvement only.
>

I suggested a pull request so as to document the change in the history and
to correctly apply authorship.


> To fix the bug, you should follow my description. Its just a one liner.


Which bug are you talking about here? (The patch seems to be an enhancement
rather than bug fix, so are you talking about the "G5x" item that you
mentioned earlier?)

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