[AstroPy] astropy test results: meaning of xpassed and xfailed

[Renaud Miel]

Hi,

I have installed and tested astropy 1.1.2 on a RHEL6 machine (python 2.6.6).
Looking at the results shown below, some tests are reported as xpassed 
or xfailed.

Anyone knowing what it means ? Can these xpassed/xfailed results be 
safely ignored ?

test_astropy_package_analytic_functions.log  :===================== 4 passed, 1 skipped in 0.26 seconds ======================
test_astropy_package_config.log              :========================== 17 passed in 1.15 seconds ===========================
test_astropy_package_constants.log           :===================== 16 passed, 9 xfailed in 0.20 seconds =====================
test_astropy_package_convolution.log         :============== 722 passed, 24 skipped, 6 xfailed in 7.12 seconds ===============
test_astropy_package_coordinates.log         :============= 816 passed, 20 skipped, 14 xfailed in 44.18 seconds ==============
test_astropy_package_cosmology.log           :==================== 10 passed, 30 skipped in 0.73 seconds =====================
test_astropy_package__erfa.log               :=========================== 5 passed in 0.58 seconds ===========================
test_astropy_package_io.log                  :============= 1457 passed, 64 skipped, 6 xfailed in 52.95 seconds ==============
test_astropy_package_modeling.log            :=================== 386 passed, 137 skipped in 4.42 seconds ====================
test_astropy_package_nddata.log              :==================== 270 passed, 13 skipped in 1.38 seconds ====================
test_astropy_package_stats.log               :==================== 34 passed, 22 skipped in 2.92 seconds =====================
test_astropy_package_table.log               :============== 2125 passed, 8 skipped, 3 xfailed in 33.77 seconds ==============
test_astropy_package_tests.log               :================ 1 failed, 43 passed, 2 skipped in 0.98 seconds ================
test_astropy_package_time.log                :=============== 337 passed, 3 skipped, 1 xfailed in 3.98 seconds ===============
test_astropy_package_units.log               :============= 2711 passed, 17 skipped, 6 xfailed in 82.73 seconds ==============
test_astropy_package_utils.log               :============== 219 passed, 20 skipped, 2 xfailed in 5.78 seconds ===============
test_astropy_package_visualization.log       :==================== 123 passed, 17 skipped in 0.56 seconds ====================
test_astropy_package_wcs.log                 :==================== 345 passed, 2 xpassed in 6.73 seconds =====================

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Renaud Miel

renaud.miel at nao.ac.jp

Computing Team, Chile Observatory,
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

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