From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:35:19 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] http-push: push <remote> :<branch> deletes remote branch
Message-ID: <7v4pc4iq94.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0802191328040.30505@racer.site>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> I think this would not be too much of a hassle.  These days, an Apache2 is 
> installed on many machines, and it is better to have tests, than to have 
> no tests, even if they are not exercised everywhere, right?

I think a sensible guideline would be:

 - the core tools are tested by default everywhere;

 - i18n bits and foreign SCM interface are tested by default,
   but should allow opting-out;

 - networking test that needs to open listening ports should be
   off by default but should allow opting-in.