Re: Change all XFAIL tests to FAIL
| From: | Stas Malyshev | Date: | Sat, 31 Mar 2012 07:50:19 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Change all XFAIL tests to FAIL | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 | Groups: | php.internals |
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Hi!
> 2) Keep devs' attention on known failures - XFAIL doesn't solve that.
> You remember about them when you run tests and if you want make
> attention at them.
Which devs you are referring to? Why you assume their attention needs help?
> What I propose is a single *daily* newsletter saying "Hey, guys! We
> still have XFAIL bugs on 5.3 <list bugs>, 5.4 <list bugs> and master
> <list bugs>. Bye!" That will make some pressure, especially if those
> bugs have maintainers.
I would not subscribe to this and would not read this. Would you? Why?
We know we have technical debt. It's not a secret. What we need is not
more harassment but more people fixing that debt. Spamming whole list
with messages that nobody would read is not the solution.
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