On Tuesday 09 November 2010 14:31:35 Francis J. Lacoste wrote: > We used to run the windmill tests in a separate buildbot and they did > bitrot and we only got to fixing them when it became a blocker for > landing. Why would it be different this time? > > That's why it should be a blocker for deployment. Either these tests have > value and are preventing regressions in production, or they don't and we > should just kill them. > > The whole point of Deryck's experiment is to assess this cost/benefit, and > while doing the experiment, its important to ensure reversibility which > means no bitrot.
Right, that's exactly why I've suggested doing it this way. I think the difference though as that I expect that not everything will be a deployment blocker and we can choose what to fix or leave/delete - I don't have any evidence for that though, it's just a gut feel. Thinking about it, I guess we're actually suggesting the same thing but in my jetlagged haze, clear thinking is competing with closing eyelids! _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
