[webkit-dev] A simpler proposal for handling failing tests WAS: A proposal for handling "failing" layout tests and TestExpectations

[Ojan Vafai]

+1


On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Ryosuke Niwa <rniwa at webkit.org> wrote:

> That's my expectation although we probably can't do that for flaky tests :(
>
> e.g. sometimes fails with image diff.
>
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 5:35 PM, Filip Pizlo <fpizlo at apple.com> wrote:
>
>> +1, contingent upon the following: are we agreeing that all current uses
>> of TEXT, IMAGE, and so forth in TestExpectations should be in the *very
>> near term* following Dirk's change be turned into -failing files?
>>
>> -Filip
>>
>>
>> On Aug 17, 2012, at 5:01 PM, Ryosuke Niwa <rniwa at webkit.org> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Ojan Vafai <ojan at chromium.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Asserting a test case is 100% correct is nearly impossible for a large
>>> percentage of tests. The main advantage it gives us is the ability to have
>>> -expected mean "unsure".
>>>
>>> Lets instead only add -failing (i.e. no -passing). Leaving -expected to
>>> mean roughly what it does today to Chromium folk (roughly, as best we can
>>> tell this test is passing). -failing means it's *probably* an incorrect
>>> result but needs an expert to look at it to either mark it correct (i.e.
>>> rename it to -expected) or figure out how the root cause of the bug.
>>>
>>> This actually matches exactly what Chromium gardeners do today, except
>>> instead of putting a line in TestExpectations/Skipped to look at later,
>>> they checkin the -failing file to look at later, which has all the
>>> advantages Dirk listed in the other thread.
>>>
>>
>> I'm much more comfortable with this proposal.
>>
>> - Ryosuke
>>
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