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Re: RFC: Change rules for adding/changing test cases
- From: DJ Delorie <dj at redhat dot com>
- To: dewar at gnat dot com
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 10:59:16 -0500
- Subject: Re: RFC: Change rules for adding/changing test cases
- References: <20020320113205.4B1F7F28C5@nile.gnat.com>
> I definitely agree with the last point. What we do in the GNAT project is
> to assign a tracking number to every problem report. The test case is filed
> under this tracking number, and all revision history entries (which are
> always detailed, and include how and why the problem was fixed) also include
> this same tracking number.
As I mentioned in another mail, not all gcc testcases have
corresponding bug reports to refer to, and it's not always efficient
to rely on a database halfway across the Internet to give you clues
about how to fix bugs a testcase catches.