If we decide to remove the 'Testing Done' section from commit messages then
we should definitely update CONTRIBUTING.md[1] to codify the practice.

[1] https://github.com/apache/incubator-aurora/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md

On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Bill Farner <wfar...@apache.org> wrote:

> I'm generally -1 to requiring humans to perform (what i perceive to be)
> superfluous redundant tasks.
>
> In this case, the standard suite of tests should be expected as part of any
> patch affecting code, which is why the review bot runs them.  For that
> reason, i've mostly been using 'Testing done' to reference additional
> testing.
>
> I'm a stronger -1 on including this field in commit messages, for the
> reason Maxim notes above.
>
> -=Bill
>
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Maxim Khutornenko <ma...@apache.org>
> wrote:
>
> > I am +1 on filling the test section as it may be a good indicator of
> > what testing has been attempted (e.g. java-only, python-only, python
> > sub-target, vagrant e2e, vagrant manual).
> >
> > I am -1 on having this included into the commit message as it blows up
> > the commit message size and makes for a hard to read arbitrary
> > length/formatted commit. The RB link should be enough to get commit
> > details and testing done.
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 10:35 AM, Joshua Cohen <jco...@twopensource.com>
> > wrote:
> > > This came up in a review and I figured it'd be better discussed here
> > rather
> > > than in a review that most folks probably aren't reading.
> > >
> > > Do people find value in this section being filled in? The argument
> > against
> > > is generally that it's always the same value and if we wait for a ship
> it
> > > from ReviewBot we have assurance that everything is kosher. The
> argument
> > > for is that it serves as an example for new committers on how to run
> > tests,
> > > however this was on the assumption that the full commit message from
> `rbt
> > > patch` was used. It seems that some people edit the testing done
> section
> > > out before merging commits from RB(?).
> > >
> > > Thoughts?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Joshua
> >
>

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