Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] t/lib-httpd: make CGI test helpers concurrency-safe

> "Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> >  * Patch 1 fixes apply-one-time-script.sh (the actual flake) and adds t5567,
> >    which drives the helper directly with no web server so the overlap can be
> >    forced deterministically.
> >  * Patch 2 makes http-429.sh atomic.
> >  * Patch 3 documents the atomic idioms next to where t/lib-httpd.sh installs
> >    the CGI scripts, so the guidance is in front of anyone adding another
> >    helper.
> >
> > Changes since v2:
> >
> >  * Patch 1 now consumes the marker with a plain "rm" (without "-f") instead
> >    of a rename. "rm" without "-f" already fails once the marker is gone,
> >    which is the atomicity the helper needs. A new comment explains why the
> >    helper discards the one-time script's stderr: a losing request can find
> >    the marker already removed.
> >
> >  * Patch 3 is now specific to the lib-httpd CGI helpers and lives beside
> >    their install site in t/lib-httpd.sh, rather than as a general section in
> >    t/README.
> >
> >  * Reworded several helper comments and the patch 1 and 2 log messages for
> >    clarity and to match the code; no behavior change.
> 
> After giving a cursory review to the previous round, I was hoping
> that somebody more clueful than I am about HTTP tests would lend an
> eye or two to these patches, but nobody seems interested.
> 
> Any takers?