Just to weigh in with another developer opinion...
Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
For each ticket that is open, it's very useful to know that
a spectest has been written for the ticket and where that
spectest is located. So, having the notification added to
RT is valuable to me at least, as it means that once the
issue is fixed I know (1) where the relevant tests are
located and (2) that the ticket can be closed because
spectests exist.
Agree - I find them useful too. Tickets shouldn't be closed without
making sure there are tests covering the issue, and knowing that there
is a test and where to find it in order to enable it certainly helps cut
down the time it takes to resolve tickets. I agree it's some noise on
the mailing list, but to me the value certainly out-weighs that.
Thanks,
Jonathan
