[Python-Dev] Misc. warnings

Tim Peters tim.one@comcast.net
Wed, 08 Jan 2003 16:18:56 -0500


[Tim]
>> If a Python expert for platform sys.platform X would be at all
>> surprised if test T got skipped when running the tests on X, then =
T
>> should not be listed in _expectations[X]

[Martin v. L=F6wis]
> You mean: If there is no way in the world that this test could ever
> be skipped, on a computer running this system?

I meant what I said.  What a platform expert finds surprising is a ma=
tter
for their best judgment.

> ...
> I feel that reality will turn out differently: it is less work to a=
dd
> it to _expectations, so over the long run, anything that was ever
> skipped on some installation will end up in _expectations.

If the experts for platform X are happy with that outcome, fine by me=
.