Re: [BUG] Info JS does not work [9.5.3 (release_9.5.3-467-g2bd34e @ /Users/salutis/src/org-mode/lisp/)]

[Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>]

Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> writes:

> Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> writes:
>
>>> Also, having an actual mirror in sr.ht means that we may set up automatic
>>> tests. WDYT about this idea?
>>
>> Tests are useful if they prevent contributors from changing the code
>> in a way that break them: this must happen before pushing changes to
>> the bugfix or main branches.
>>
>> Automated tests are useful only if we fail to enforce this policy...
>> so I'm not in favor of them.
>
> I agree that running tests is a good idea before pushing changes.
> However, it is a big ask for contributors when we need to ensure
> compatibility with multiple Emacs versions. Running tests on all the
> supported Emacs version simply takes too much time. Not to mention that
> installing multiple Emacs versions may not be trivial. Automated tests
> could cater backwards compatibility checks.

+1 on this. However, I do wonder if different positions are due to
different understanding of what we mean when talking about automated
tests.