On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 6:28 AM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jeff King wrote: > >> I don't know if it is worth all that much effort, though. I suppose it >> could get us more exposure to the httpd tests, but I do not know if it >> would be a good idea to turn them on by default anyway. They touch >> global machine resources (like ports) that can cause conflicts or test >> failures. I assume that is the reason we do not turn on git-daemon tests >> by default > > Yup, that's why I don't run them. > > For what it's worth, when I build git and run tests I tend to be in an > environment with apache available, but I'm too lazy to configure git's > tests to pick the right port and make sure it is reserved and so on. > Perhaps there's some way to help lazy people in the same boat? (E.g., > picking a port randomly and skipping instead of failing a test when > it's taken or something) Sounds like good first steps. -- Duy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html