Re: call for more ert tests

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 11:31:50 +0900
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>  >> Well, requiring tests for new features or fixed bugs, and confirmation
>  >> that there are no regressions from the existing tests.
>  >
>  > I believe it's good, obviously.  The problem is with introducing it
>  > without losing too many contributors.
> 
> It's not obviously good.  It helped kill Bazaar development, for one
> thing.

There are opposite examples, like GDB and GCC.  I don't think they are
anywhere near dying.

So clearly other factors are at work here, and they at least sometimes
are stronger than this one, in determining whether a project will
continue its development and get enough contributions.