If a test is flaky, it doesn't seem good to keep in the mix because it will
turn red for no reason and people will think a check in was bad.
oth, if a test is flaky but has enough logging in it to indicated an
underlying cause, then it may be worth keeping in the mix so that the root
issue may be d
On Sep 23, 2009, at 11:09 PM, Eric Seidel wrote:
Alexey and I have been discussing if WebKit should add flakey tests to
Skipped lists:
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29322
Alexey asked that I bring the discussion to a larger audience.
Pros:
- Buildbots stay green.
- Red bots/tests me
On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Alex Milowski wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 11:36 PM, Roland Steiner
> wrote:
> > Hi Alex,
> > I'm in the process of doing ruby layout, currently under review
> (reviewers:
> > *hint, hint*), where I had several of the same issues, albeit not quite
> as
> > s
Alexey and I have been discussing if WebKit should add flakey tests to
Skipped lists:
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29322
Alexey asked that I bring the discussion to a larger audience.
Pros:
- Buildbots stay green.
- Red bots/tests means your change caused an error.
Cons:
- Skipped tes
Yeah, I'm thinking A also. OK, sounds like we're on the same page for A
(which is all I really care about). For B it does impact the web app's
ability to do capabilities detection which seems bad, but it's not worth
arguing about hypotheticals I think.
-atw
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Maciej
On Sep 23, 2009, at 6:05 PM, Peter Kasting wrote:
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Maciej Stachowiak
wrote:
My thinking on the topic is basically this:
A) For experimental features, it makes sense to make them disappear
completely when turned off, since turning them on is an unusual and
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> My thinking on the topic is basically this:
> A) For experimental features, it makes sense to make them disappear
> completely when turned off, since turning them on is an unusual and
> experimental state.
> B) For end-user features that
On Sep 23, 2009, at 5:24 PM, Drew Wilson wrote:
Following up on this, because I missed Maciej's response.
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Maciej Stachowiak
wrote:
Fair enough. But I would be against user-level preferences that add
or remove entire APIs. Rather, the preference should a
Following up on this, because I missed Maciej's response.
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
>
> Fair enough. But I would be against user-level preferences that add or
> remove entire APIs. Rather, the preference should affect the behavior of the
> API (possibly making it
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