The use of the name tmpdir in the tests

Ruud van der Pas ruud.vanderpas@oracle.com
Fri Jun 16 06:15:26 GMT 2023


Hi Jan,

Thanks for the response.

> But that would be misleading too, if applied tree-wide, since often
> it's indeed just temporary data that is put there. Iirc some tests
> leave stuff there (intentionally or not), while others remove things
> after completion. So you keeping things in there would be within
> what's done elsewhere. Plus still the test results are temporary
> data; it's needed in case of problems, but not typically otherwise.

That is true.

Kind regards, Ruud



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