new d3d9/device.ok test always fails here, but not a regression?

Dan Kegel dank at kegel.com
Sun Jan 1 20:44:22 CST 2012


On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Austin English <austinenglish at gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29094
>> Henri removed the regression keyword and sha1sum without comment.
>>
>> What's the reasoning there?  Is Henri saying there's
>> something wrong with my test setup (stock ubuntu),
>> or are new tests that cause 'make test' to fail not considered regressions?
>> Or something else?
>
> That _particular_ test never worked, so it's not a regression. A code
> change in d3d itself that broke a previously working test/application
> would be a valid regression.

IMHO a code change in a d3d test that broke a previously working
"make test" also counts as a regression.

The test suite is *important*.  Breakage in the test suite is not trivial.
- Dan



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