On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 4:21 AM, Kornel Benko <kor...@lyx.org> wrote:
> Am Samstag, 3. August 2013 um 17:05:48, schrieb Scott Kostyshak
> <skost...@lyx.org>
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>> >> I don't agree with the name "revertedTests" (and likewise the variable
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>> >> names). Using as a reverence
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>> >> http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/revert
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>> >> I think that you are intending to use it with the following meaning:
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>> >> "(transitive, now rare) To turn back, or turn to the contrary; to
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>> >> reverse."
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> Yes.
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>> >> As noted, this definition is rare.
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>> >> I think most people running the tests will think of git (in fact, git
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>> >> is mentioned on the wiktionary page) or of this definition:
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>> >> "To cause to return to a former condition."
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>> >>
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>> >> Do you prefer "revert" to "invert"?
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> Of course, if this meaning is rare, I will not prefer it anymore.
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> What I meant was:
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> Show that the named tests are not correct in some way, but that we
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> hope they will be OK some day.
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> In (my) other words: reverted for now.

I see. I can't think of a short way to explain this.

> For me "invertedTests" looks more like we intend let them be forever.

Good point. I didn't think about this.

> But I am not hanging on 'revert'.
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> I knew, *this* will be the hard part.

Indeed. Here's another idea:

INV-TEST_SEE-README.ctest_export/doc/attic/DocStyle_pdf

I don't care about the "INV_TEST" part. That can be any keyword. The
point is that if someone wants to know what the keyword means it's
clear to look in README.ctest (or wherever).

Scott

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