On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 4:39 AM, Patrick R. Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 10:21:18PM -0400, Bob Rogers wrote:
>>    From: James E Keenan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>    Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:55:02 -0400
>>
>>    Yes, when one of the 'make codingstd_tests' accumulates sufficient
>>    PASSes, we promote it to 'make test'.  Those that are not yet passing
>>    can generally be described as:  "Requires cage-cleaner with vast number
>>    of tuits."
>>    . . .
>>    So, no, failures in these files are not from showstoppers.  They're a
>>    TODO for my golden years (and those of several other Parrot developers).
>>
>>    I committed a fuller explanation in r30292.
>
> Perhaps "make fulltest" should run the "make codetest" target instead
> of "make codingstd_tests"?  The "codetest" target is the one that
> means "run the codingstd tests that are part of 'make test'".
> This would allow "make fulltest" to still run the required subset
> of coding standard tests (i.e., the same ones as "make test")
> without having to run the entire codingstd suite (which produces
> the ignorable failures).   And we can remove the note from
> the release_manager guide entirely, since "make fulltest" will
> run exactly what we want (and any errors in coding tests are then
> significant).
>
> Pm
>

+1

-- 
Will "Coke" Coleda

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