Re: [patch/rfc] Remove all setup_xfail's from testsuite/gdb.mi/

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at redhat dot com>]

> Andrew Cagney wrote:
>
> >
> > > But nobody will...
> > >
> > >>
> > >> In one hit, or here and there?  I know I will.  I just won't be spending
> > >> a solid week reviewing all of them.
> > >
> > >
> > > Well, so far we've got two nays.  Why don't Daniel and I shut up,
> > > and wait to see if there are any yays?
> > Michael, it might still be helpful if you could summarise the technical
> > grounds for your position.  This isn't a question of yay/nay but rather
> > a technical and strategic problem that needs to be resolved.
>
>
> I feel like I've said all there is to be said about it.
> Relatively few people work on mi or mi tests.
BTW, at present it looks like Keith, JeffJ and ElenaZ hacking on MI. 
Add in QNX people reporting bugs and Apple people with their patches and 
this is getting scary!

> It seems to me more productive if we start on a small subset
> of tests that a large number of people may actually be
> motivated to hack on.  Including me.
> You might say, I want to play, and choosing mi excludes me from the game.
The intent is to remove the XFAILs from all directories in quick 
succession.  You won't have long to wait before a directory you're 
interested in becomes available.

Hmm, I also think that trying to do a small subsets will make things 
more confusing and less productive.   Assuming that someone can be found 
to co-ordinate this, and drive it through in a very timely manner, it 
will lead to a situtation where the the test results slowly decay over 
time (as each subset is attacked).

I think it is better to just purge the problem with a single flush. 
That way, from that point on, we'll know that the results can only get 
better.

Given this problem, I think I'll revise my patch so that it does flush 
everything in a single hit.

Andrew