[webkit-dev] Skipped files are going away

[Dirk Pranke]

Hi all,

Now that we're on the new TestExpectations syntax, I'm planning to
remove the Skipped files (and support for them from NRWT).

I have a change posted that will add minimal support for the syntax to
old-run-webkit-tests in https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97276
; basically any file or directory listed in a TestExpectations file
will be skipped *regardless of the expectation listed*. I can make
things smarter if need be, but it's not clear to me how many people if
any are still using ORWT so the need doesn't seem to be there. Please
comment on the bug ASAP if you disagree and would like ORWT to be
smarter in this area :).

Once that change lands, my plan is to copy all of the entries from the
existing Skipped files over into their corresponding TestExpectations
files, and then delete the Skipped files, and then delete the code
that supports the Skipped files in NRWT and ORWT. I hope to do this
early next week.

If you have any objections, now would be a good time to speak up!

Note that all of this is being done in the oft-requested name of
simplifying the number of different ways we have to handle failing
tests. Also, I will remind people that the new TestExpectations syntax
is a superset of the old Skipped file syntax, so there shouldn't be
any good reason to keep the old files around. However, if you know
something I don't, please mention it :).

Thanks,

-- Dirk