Re: regressions in tests

On Apr 30, 2008, at 9:53 AM, Wolfgang Fahl - BITPlan wrote:

> Dear Russell,
>
> you wrote:
> > One rule I've tried to follow very carefully is not to break any
> > previous behavior from release to release. It seems to me that we  
> did
> > break something by upgrading to nekohtml 1.9.6. I have filed a bug,
> > but I feel that we should not pick up this version until that bug is
> > fixed, even though 1.9.6 does allow us to fix a different bug. So I
> > think we should either disable the test for the url-with-embedded
> > space or wait until a new version of nekohtml is available.  
> Thoughts?
> I think the message:
> *** 5. Test testJavascriptDetectionTrick disabled: waiting for  
> nekoHtml bug #1932445
>
> is already pretty good. Mentioning it in the release notes with the  
> option of downgrading should help those who run in trouble. I think  
> the major point is that there is still 1.6.2 available for those who  
> don't like 1.7.
>
> We'll never be able to be perfect - IMHO it's a matter of how many  
> users are happy with the result - and that we'll only know if we  
> offer 1.7 for feedback.

And I've actually gotten some feedback on my bug submission. It may be  
possible to make HttpUnit pass the test with the modified parser...

>
> Yours
>   Wolfgang
>
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