Martin v. Löwis <mar...@v.loewis.de> added the comment: > Given that there is a specific permission that can be assigned to the > buildslave user, it seems appropriate that the tests that attempt to > create symlinks should fail if the user does not have that > permission.
No, the test should *not* fail. A failing test means "the test has completed, and the outcome was not expected, due to a bug somewhere (the operating system, Python, or the test case proper)". This is not the case if the link cannot be created - the resulting behavior is exactly the correct, and expected one (under the circumstances). > Martin, do you still prefer something that wraps tests that call > symlink and only executes those tests if the current user context has > that permission? Most definitely. That's what the notion of a "skipped" test is for (as opposed to a "failed" one). ---------- title: Add os.link() and os.symlink() and os.path.islink() support for Windows -> Add os.link() and os.symlink() and os.path.islink() support for Windows _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue1578269> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
