Re: [PATCH 1/2] tests(gpg): allow the gpg-agent to start on Windows

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 24, 2020, 23:40 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqo8slz5hx.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2003242326190.46@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>

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

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> Hi Junio,
>
> On Tue, 24 Mar 2020, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
>>
>> > I fear that this distinction really is lost on anybody who does not have
>> > to deal with MSYS2 on Windows.
>> > ...
>> > In short: I am convinced that this is a subtlety in our test suite that we
>> > cannot reasonably expect any contributors other than Windows-based ones to
>> > get right, and I am fairly certain that we will just have to keep
>> > monitoring the CI/PR builds for similar issues and then help the
>> > contributors by suggesting the appropriate fixes.
>>
>> IOW, this cannot be made an engineering problem and has to stay a
>> black art? ;-)
>>
>> That's somewhat sad, but I guess we have to live with it.
>
> I am afraid so.

As long as there are our users on Windows, we can trust that we'd have some folks who are as familiar as you are with these subtleties, even if you may get bored working on it yourself, leaving us with the right bus factor, right? ;-)

Thanks.