Re: v2.22-rc2 wish list

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On 07/27/2012 12:31 PM, Karel Zak wrote:
>  Maybe, but many of the tests requires root permissions and it's
>  designed for developers only. I'd like to avoid situations when the
>  tests are executed with root permissions by automatic distro build
>  systems etc.

Why? The more folks run the tests, the more bugs can be reported and fixed.
What's wrong about the tests? And if there's something wrong: shouldn't
they not be made more robust?

E.g. coreutils also has many tests which "require_root", and I think
it's safe to run these tests.

Have a nice day,
Berny
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