On 8/2/2016 9:34 AM, Daniel Stenberg wrote:
>
>> 7.50.0 :TESTFAIL: These test cases failed: 1139 1140
>>
>> So hopefully 7.50.1 reports a 100% clear on the testsuite.
>
> We run most of our autobuild tests directly from git, so for example
> these two tests 1139 and 1140 will succeed off git but fail in a
> relase where we've forgotten to include some files in the tarball -
> like we did in 7.50.0.
>
> The lesson here is that we should perhaps have both 1139 and 1140
> actually work only on files that can be found in the makefiles (that
> would be included in the dist) so that we can detect these problems
> earlier and easier. I haven't really figured out the best approach.

I don't think that is the lesson here. I recall it has happened more
than once that a file needed by a release is missing. The lesson I think
would be to build from the planned release tarball prior to the actual
release to make sure it builds and all the tests complete successfully.

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