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[Francis Ginther <francis.ginther@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 5:44 AM, Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > My understanding is that all dep8 tests are run for packages uploaded to
> > debian & ubuntu. I think it's reasonable to provide test authors with a
> way
> > to not introduce broken tests..
>
> A test can always skip itself if it detects that it runs in an
> inadequate environment.


Martin,

Is there a specific pattern for this? I think this is the core issue at
hand. AIUI, these new tests are being written with the assumption that they
will be executed directly on a phone via adt-run and they will fail if
executed under britney and therefore fail promotion.

Francis


> Other than that, using Classes: is how we
> intend to generically solve "where to run which tests at" for our CI
> infrastructure. Then, if someone manually tries to run a test
> someplace else, (s)he can see how far it gets, and if the test isn't
> appropriate for the target at all (like trying an autopilot test in a
> plain schroot), it'll just fail and be a "don't do that then"
> situation.
>





> Thanks,
>
> Martin
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