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Re: How to properly check for regressions?

From: Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj at redhat dot com>
To: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
Cc: Marc Khouzam <marc dot khouzam at ericsson dot com>, "'gdb\ at sourceware dot org'" <gdb at sourceware dot org>
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:52:36 -0300
Subject: Re: How to properly check for regressions?
References: <F7CE05678329534C957159168FA70DEC5784D50ABD@EUSAACMS0703.eamcs.ericsson.se> <m3ty9wyk75.fsf@fleche.redhat.com>

Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> writes:

>>>>>> "Marc" == Marc Khouzam <marc.khouzam@ericsson.com> writes:
>
> Marc> And how do I deal with tests that sometimes pass and sometimes fail.
>
> The most common approach is to learn what they are and ignore them.
> This isn't totally satisfactory; fixing them or removing them would be
> nicer.

At IBM I remember they had a list of "non-deterministic tests" in a wiki
page.  Maybe Thiago can confirm if this list still exists?  It would
probably be useful if we could create a similar list in our wiki?

References:
- How to properly check for regressions?
  - From: Marc Khouzam
- Re: How to properly check for regressions?
  - From: Tom Tromey

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