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Re: gdb test results web page
- To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain <chastain at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: gdb test results web page
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- Date: 18 Jan 2001 11:36:20 -0700
- Cc: gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <200101180421.UAA13606@train2.cygnus.com>
- Reply-To: tromey at redhat dot com
>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Elizabeth Chastain <chastain@cygnus.com> writes:
Michael> I have two concerns. First, if we make this change in
Michael> Dejagnu, it affects all tools tested with Dejagnu. And
Michael> second, it means that nobody can enter any test results until
Michael> this change gets made and propagated in Dejagnu.
I think the current behavior is just a dejagnu bug. I doubt anybody
relies on "PASS" or "FAIL" not appearing at the start of a line. And
I doubt it was ever intended to work the way it does -- dejagnu wasn't
that carefully built.
Second, I don't think propagation is a big problem. I thought
everybody was supposed to use the dejagnu in the src repository.
If we were dealing with non-free software I would agree with you. But
I think with free software we can afford to have a higher standard --
fix the bug where it lies, not work around it elsewhere.
Tom