Re: Run (some) tests more automagically?

[Philipp]

> Am 21.02.2021 um 15:28 schrieb Pip Cet <pipcet@gmail.com>:
> 
> 
> Speaking of code changes, one thing I'm worried about is that one
> developer on, say, Windows does something, forgets to adjust the tests
> so there's a spurious failure on GNU/Linux, and then the next
> GNU/Linux developer to touch the file will see a test failure that has
> nothing to do with their changes. I don't have a good solution for
> that one.

The typical solution is to run CI pipelines for all supported platforms and not 
allow pushing commits that fail any of the pipelines.  In the context of Emacs, 
there are still some downsides to this: it would require running nonfree OSes, 
and right now the CI pipelines are still a bit slow.