I think it would be great to create a new rake target that runs all the unit
tests that should be run before a release.

Bret

On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 3:44 AM, Jarmo <[email protected]> wrote:

> Replying here to http://jira.openqa.org/browse/WTR-472 to avoid offtopic
> on JIRA:
>
> Bret wrote:
>
> >> Is there also any reason why window_tests are not included into
> core_tests? That's one of the reasons why the problem didn't come out before
> the release.
>
> > The reason is simply that the window_tests take over your desktop, so you
> can't do anything else while you are running the tests. Whereas the
> core_tests do not, so you can check email or whatever while you > are
> running them.
>
> > Perhaps we need a standard checklist of tests we should run before a
> release so we don't miss something like this again?
>
> I think we shouldn't make any distinction between tests, but should run all
> tests with `rake test`, that's because all manual intervention causes
> problems like just happened. I don't think that these tests interfere too
> much while running, especially since they're not ran 24/7 on your desktop,
> but right before needed. My suggestion would be to include all tests into
> `rake test` or delete the tests which are not run. The less distinctions,
> the better.
>
> > I agree that this warrants a 1.7.1 release ASAP.
>
> Done.
>
>
> Jarmo
>
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