Re: [Python-Dev] Avoiding cascading test failures

2007-09-02 Thread Alexandre Vassalotti
On 8/28/07, Collin Winter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/22/07, Alexandre Vassalotti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I was fixing tests failing in the py3k branch, I found the number > > duplicate failures annoying. Often, a single bug, in an important > > method or function, caused a large

Re: [Python-Dev] Avoiding cascading test failures

2007-08-28 Thread Collin Winter
On 8/22/07, Alexandre Vassalotti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I was fixing tests failing in the py3k branch, I found the number > duplicate failures annoying. Often, a single bug, in an important > method or function, caused a large number of testcase to fail. So, I > thought of a simple mecha

Re: [Python-Dev] Avoiding cascading test failures

2007-08-25 Thread Alexandre Vassalotti
On 8/25/07, Gregory P. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I like this idea. Yay! Now, I ain't the only one. ;) > Be sure to have an option to ignore dependancies and run all tests. Yes, I planned to add a such option. > Also when skipping tests because a depedancy failed have unittest > print o

Re: [Python-Dev] Avoiding cascading test failures

2007-08-25 Thread Gregory P. Smith
On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 07:44:02PM -0400, Alexandre Vassalotti wrote: > When I was fixing tests failing in the py3k branch, I found the number > duplicate failures annoying. Often, a single bug, in an important > method or function, caused a large number of testcase to fail. So, I > thought of a si

[Python-Dev] Avoiding cascading test failures

2007-08-22 Thread Alexandre Vassalotti
When I was fixing tests failing in the py3k branch, I found the number duplicate failures annoying. Often, a single bug, in an important method or function, caused a large number of testcase to fail. So, I thought of a simple mechanism for avoiding such cascading failures. My solution is to add a