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[PATCH] gnu: nomad-optimizer: Disable failing test.

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Message #11 received at 55067 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
To: "Paul A. Patience" <paul <at> apatience.com>, 55067 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#55067] [PATCH] gnu: nomad-optimizer: Disable failing test.
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 19:25:20 +0200

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Paul A. Patience schreef op vr 22-04-2022 om 16:20 [+0000]:
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> It turns out the PSDMads test fails randomly.

Sounds like a bug, preferably it would 100% reliably report the
underlying problem, whatever it is.

> I've disabled it.

I don't think this is a good reason to disable the test.
Disabling tests whenever they fail defeats the point of tests.

Cf. with, say, clinical trials for testing safety of new medical
treatments.  If some drug fails one of the tests (sometimes or always),
then one cannot simply ignore the test.

Greetings,
Maxime.

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