- From: Geoffrey Sneddon <me@gsnedders.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 22:46:12 +0100
- To: Andreas Tolfsen <ato@mozilla.com>
- Cc: Shane McCarron <shane@spec-ops.io>, public-test-infra <public-test-infra@w3.org>, Jeffrey Yasskin <jyasskin@google.com>, Simon Stewart <simon.m.stewart@gmail.com>
On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 7:54 PM, Andreas Tolfsen <ato@mozilla.com> wrote: > On 21 April 2016 at 19:39, Geoffrey Sneddon <me@gsnedders.com> wrote: >> I know James Graham feels strongly about keeping tests self-contained >> and in one file as much as possible, and while I remember him speaking >> a fair bit when we popped into the Web Payments meeting at TPAC, I >> can't remember what was said. I expect he'll have strong opinions >> about how to do this. :) > > Self-containment I believe is an absolute requirement from Mozilla’s > side, as the browser we are testing in CI is instructed to crash on an > assertion when it attempts to access remote resources. We do this for > hermetical purposes so that tests are reproducible. I meant that James has a very strong desire for tests to be singular files all and all test logic in a single file, rather than anything about external (to wpt) resources. /Geoffrey
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