[jbosstools-dev] Re: M2 test failures

[Nick Boldt]

Why is it dumb? If a test doesn't consistently pass, it shows there's a 
problem but doesn't quantify it or get you closer to fixing it.

It's kind of like playing 20 Questions with someone who in addition to 
answering "Yes" or "No" will often answer "Maybe".

My point is that if the question yields a Maybe reply (intermittent 
failures) then you need to ask a different question so you can always 
get a Yes (pass) or a No (fail).


On 06/26/2009 04:34 PM, Rob Stryker wrote:
> Not to pick on you nick, but that has to be one of the dumbest things
> I've heard, as a test that can't pass every time could obviously just
> show a bug that doesn't occur every time.
>
> Nick Boldt wrote:
>> If they can't pass consistently every time, then they need to be:
>>
>

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