On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 11:45:00AM +0100, Vincent Bernat wrote: > Time is a limited resource and we need to set our priorities. Having > test suites that work 100% of the time with constrained resources is not > a goal I find worthy of the time I can spend on Debian. Unfortunately, > those bugs are popping up as RC and I have the choice between > downgrading them and appear as a bad player or fix them.
The pragmatic solution should also be a quick one (depending on the specifics of the test suite, of course): adjust things so the failing test does not cause the test suite to fail: then, the builds aren't broken; the test still runs, the bug still exists but it is not RC. -- Jonathan Dowland Please do not CC me, I am subscribed to the list.
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