Re: testsuite results from master

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 12:19:00AM CET:
> On Sunday 14 November 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > I think it is time to reevaluate some of the work that has been done in
> > the last few weeks.
> Do you mean "go and fix the newly introduced regressions before doing
> other testsuite work", or "reconsider the advisability of doing testsuite
> work in master and/or to have a 72-hours gracetime"?  If you mean the
> former, then I agree.

Yes, I mean the former.

> > and look at the lots of new failures
> Which of those failures are really new?  Some of them involve test
> scripts and automake features unmodified by quite a long time.

> > I might be responsible for some of the failures too, but I think it's
> > fair to guess that your patches are responsible for at least some of
> > these.  ;-)
> 
> See my other answers to this thread for more information and questions.

I will try to address your questions when I have time (i.e., tonight at
the earliest), but it would really help if you had access yourself.

Thanks,
Ralf