Re: External references in test suites from James Graham on 2013-05-29 (public-test-infra@w3.org from April to June 2013)

From: James Graham <jgraham@opera.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 12:06:33 +0200
To: public-test-infra@w3.org
Message-ID: <51A5D329.70006@opera.com>

On 05/29/2013 11:57 AM, Robin Berjon wrote:
> Hi,
>
> in a separate discussion, it's been noticed that a number of tests in
> the test suite reference media files that are located under
> http://media.w3.org/.
>
> Is that something we want? It would seem to me that it would be best if
> the test suite were self contained.
>
> Any thoughts?

Yes, this is pretty much a requirement. When vendors run test suites 
references to resources they don't control are typically forbidden, 
either by policy or technically because they are the number one cause of 
test instability.

Received on Wednesday, 29 May 2013 10:07:02 UTC