Re: [Gnash-commit] [bug #42395] No respons from panopticlick site when gnash is activated

[Sandro Santilli]

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 01:32:27PM -0700, Richard Wilbur wrote:
> Automated tests like this look very useful.
> 
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Nutchanon Wetchasit
> [...]
> > It is currently giving `PASSED` output, but the test requires very long time
> > to run (around 1.5 minute) and might show some intermittent failure, due
> > to bug #46115 (container communication missing newlines) making the
> > test runner rely on read timeout provision on every test it perform.
> [...]
> > If bug #46115 is fixed, test time would be reduced to around 1.5 sec.
> 
> That's about 60x faster, much more usable in the the normal test
> suite!  Seems like a good thing to have consistent output policy.
> 
> I took a look at bug #46115 and Nutchanon has already provided a patch
> to fix it.  Sandro, what is needed before that patch can be merged and
> #46115 closed?  Seems it would make this newest automated test fit in
> nicely with the current test suite.

It'd take testing that the newline should really be there.
We don't want to introduce an incompatibility.
Can the associated test be checked against the proprietary player ?

I'd also love to get these tests predictable and quick.

--strk;