From: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 00:18:41 GMT
Subject: Re: Use mongoose to test smart-http unconditionally?
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In-Reply-To: <20131204232800.GG29959@google.com>

On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 6:28 AM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jeff King wrote:
>
>> I don't know if it is worth all that much effort, though. I suppose it
>> could get us more exposure to the httpd tests, but I do not know if it
>> would be a good idea to turn them on by default anyway. They touch
>> global machine resources (like ports) that can cause conflicts or test
>> failures. I assume that is the reason we do not turn on git-daemon tests
>> by default
>
> Yup, that's why I don't run them.
>
> For what it's worth, when I build git and run tests I tend to be in an
> environment with apache available, but I'm too lazy to configure git's
> tests to pick the right port and make sure it is reserved and so on.
> Perhaps there's some way to help lazy people in the same boat?  (E.g.,
> picking a port randomly and skipping instead of failing a test when
> it's taken or something)

Sounds like good first steps.
-- 
Duy