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Re: [patch] KFAIL gdb/1025


drow> I'm really not comfortable with this use of KFAIL.  My hope was that we
drow> would analyze particular failures before KFAILing them off to oblivion. 
drow> I spent time fixing these exact six failures a bit under a month ago;
drow> if it isn't working for your setup I want more information.

Well, there's a tension between 'getting work done' and 'checking
with other people'.  In this particular case, waiting a few hours
would have drawn some info from me and Daniel J.  We can't win them
all.

I'm more concerned about the 'KFAILing them off to oblivion'.
I foresee that we are going to have a culture clash over KFAIL.
To me, KFAIL means that the bug is known; but to everybody else,
it's going to take on the meaning that the bug is low-priority.
These properties are orthogonal but I can see KFAIL taking on that
twisted connotation.

Michael C


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