Re: [fitnesse] skip a test?

"Phlip" <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Oct 2003 08:19:51 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.comp.programming.software-in-process
Message-ID <169801c39e38$7cab8ac0$2502a8c0@DF619121>
> >  > > Hello all, just a quick question: is there some way to skip an
entire
> >  > > test, but not the suite?
> >  > >
> >  > Why would you ever want to skip a test? Tests, especially CATs
require
> >  > quite a bit of work to write and maintain, so not running them would
> >  > make all that work waste, no?
> >
> > Because, ideally, the Onsite Customer can author the tests for User
Stories,
> > before scheduling them, by writing failing tests. But this means the
test
> > must remain in the system, but turned off.

> But if you write a CAT before it's ready to run, aren't you **pushing**
> it through the system instead of **pulling** it when you actually need
> it? That sounds like SIP to me.

If you know the requirement but don't write it down, then that's hidden SIP.

Shouldn't explicit SIP be better than hidden?

--
  Phlip


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