[webkit-dev] Rename FAIL to DIFF Was (Re: PSA: FAIL test expectation does not encompass MISSING, CRASH, or TIMEOUT)

[Ryosuke Niwa]

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Dirk Pranke <dpranke at chromium.org> wrote:
>
> FAIL was supposed to have been removed long ago in favor of
> TEXT/IMAGE/IMAGE+TEXT as necessary as Peter suggests, but I never got
> around to it :) I agree with his reasoning, and have not been
> convinced that not having to be specific about what is failing is a
> good thing.
>

Let's do that then.

I also agree that we shouldn't TEXT/IMAGE/IMAGE+TEXT in the file at
> all for extended periods of time since you can just check in updated
> baselines.
>

I'd argue that we should never add test expectations pre-emptively just to
keep bots green. It appears to do more harm than good.

- Ryosuke
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