Re: New run-tests.php feature

From: Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:36:32 +0000
Subject: Re: New run-tests.php feature
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2011/9/1 Hannes Magnusson <bjori@php.net>: > 2011/9/1 Johannes Schlüter <johannes@schlueters.de>: >> On Thu, 2011-09-01 at 17:53 +0400, Alexey Shein wrote: >>> Great addition. >>> While you're at it, could you also add an option to print a list of >>> skipped tests (maybe above XFAIL section), that's also currently can't >>> be done with other options in run-tests.php. >>> It could also be useful because some skipped tests maybe skipped for >>> the wrong reason and be actually failed. It's also a great spot to >>> notice obsolete tests that need to be removed from the suite and make >>> running all process faster. >> >> Let's open a can of worms: When designing this I'd like to keep in mind >> a feature I had on the list for the rewrite of run-tests by Zoe (anybody >> knows the status of that?) which is skipping entire directories with a >> single skipif. >> Benefit there is that for instance we don't have to create two PHP >> process for each and every test and don't have to try connecting to >> databases two times for each test (during skipif and the actual test). > > Create a magical "run-me-first" file which run-tests will execute > first, and if it fails it will skip all the tests in that directory.. > should be relatively easy to implement. > > Being able to run the tests for two directories in parallel however.. > that would be awesome. > > -Hannes > Hi guys, I think it would be useful to add this to the issue tracker, and if nobody else, I will look into this. -- Ferenc Kovács @Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu

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