Re: Address output-distance problems: (issue 563730043 by address@hidden)

[pkx166h]

On 12/03/2020 10:32, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 10:37 AM <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > What exactly am I supposed to be testing?
> >
> > With or without make check?
> >
> > I am struggling with all this 'back and forth' and with patches getting
> > created and tested by different people (worksforme, doesn't work for me
> > etc.).
> This is exactly why I have been advocating tests based on docker
> containers, so we have a common understanding of when something passes
> tests and when not.

Actually, with all due respect, this is neither here nor there is it?

I had said that tests for this (or other issues) had failed make check 
and was told - one case by yourself - that this was expected and not to 
run the make check. So this is why I put '...make test-baseline..' in my 
'passes ...' note in the tracker. I think Jonas queried it once (which 
led to me learning how to make my set of tests more robust for build 
file patches).

I don't hava a problem following instructions, and you developers make 
the final decisisons, so I have to assume there is a good reason I am 
told to ignore a test.

Would docker give us this 'proverbial canary' or would it turn into 
'worksforme' when someone tried to build their own version of LP  on a 
vanilla base of Linux ;)

James