Re: tests updates

[Stefano Lattarini]

On Monday 01 November 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> Hi Stefano,
Hi Ralf, and thanks for bringing this up again.

> I'm so totally behind on patches and not getting better, that the
> strategy of ignoring testsuite work will not help either.  So how about
> the following.  IIRC you suggested a branch for low-danger testsuite
> updates.  I'm not sure if a single branch would always be the right
> thing to do, often things that are independent can better be treated
> in independent branches.  But anyway, how about if you go ahead with
> the idea of merging such patches, preferably based off of maint and
> merge to master (unless there are really good reasons why branch-1.11
> would need them too), with the following strategy similar to Libtool:
> you post the patches, and push them after 72 hours if no feedback by
> then.  WDYT?  Does that sound good enough for you?
Definitely yes, thanks!

Just one question: what about the already-existing "tests-init" branch?
Should I try to bring it to a point where it can be easily merged into
master, and then forget about it, or should it continue to live parallel
to master?
 
> For existing patches that you already posted, may I ask for one more
> ping including above 72 hours
Sure, no problem.
> (and maybe not ping all of them at once ;-)
Eh eh ;-)
 
> Thanks, and sorry for the long delays,
> Ralf

Thanks,
   Stefano