[webkit-dev] Please don't land patches without rebaselining tests for at least one platform

[Silvia Pfeiffer]

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Ryosuke Niwa <rniwa at webkit.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Glenn Adams <glenn at skynav.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Ryosuke Niwa <rniwa at webkit.org> wrote:
>>
>
>
>> In general, I don't recommend people running and relying on layout tests
>>> on Retina MBP especially if you work on the rendering engine at this time.
>>>
>>
>> That's my platform, so I have to manage with it.
>>
>
> I do have a Retina MBP too but I don't use it to work on the rendering
> engine precisely because of this issue.  It's expected that every
> contributor has access to a machine where he/she can run layout tests.
>  Retina MBP is not such a machine.
>

Why is that the case? Why can't we start creating pixel test expectation
for Retina MBPs?

Silvia.
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