Re: Should we test SHOULD?

On Monday, September 23, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Robin Berjon wrote:
> On 23/09/2013 11:48 , James Graham wrote:
> > Therefore I conclude that we should take option 1); simply consider
> > "should" level conditions in the spec as untestable (for us) as other
> > implementation-specific requirements on UI. If you really want to call
> > out these somehow, I would be happy for people to write should.txt files
> > describing all the should level conditions to guide people writing
> > implementation-specific tests.
> 
> I would opt for a "modified (1)". By default, don't test SHOULD (they 
> normally aren't testable) but allow people to use their better judgement 
> and include tests for SHOULD in cases where they feel the specification 
> was exceedingly cautious.

Out of curiosity, what's your judgement re the linked pull request[1]? Should these reqs be tested?

--tobie

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[1]: https://github.com/w3c/web-platform-tests/pull/306 

Received on Monday, 23 September 2013 11:10:35 UTC