From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-11.4 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_MED, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS,USER_IN_DEF_DKIM_WL shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D15C1F4B4 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 2020 18:32:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2391880AbgJPSch (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Oct 2020 14:32:37 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:35520 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2391877AbgJPScK (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Oct 2020 14:32:10 -0400 Received: from mail-qv1-xf29.google.com (mail-qv1-xf29.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::f29]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 930FBC061755 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 2020 11:32:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-qv1-xf29.google.com with SMTP id de3so1488616qvb.5 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 2020 11:32:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=2WrYoIHeFBNpbP+v3hntg0DZX9sB2N3YqgRDDxPICiI=; b=J4Sm2ium9Ko/qfNYfBiSFtLGLzi5d6qf7KssvAlnr7m1QKLZO+MTfnPAvEKgkU65V1 WpQG7BKyo+KF12CS/NZxuq+ITWQEIeEIoStF93MawYOwPu9KRdlUsPA92B0mfXPNeEgJ zjIxxXbWg4GoM8Da9ATxhZ/pEfDYX5lrknVVjCwTNI3oVpE3sQN84HkiayJKsLgKS0AU rPJvUkgm1QKJM7VfpB+4LlPHDPpR79XMZdAJRbvL0t14lHkjxAtMhFTprpi/QI2Tea54 SuqsE2UlrtSDD5zkJvobUKLD5dnM3qgxZ3co9wVkvSXKKJePsaMT9HPXg6hw9+aSWqgS VUqg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=2WrYoIHeFBNpbP+v3hntg0DZX9sB2N3YqgRDDxPICiI=; b=uYu9C5jPCnkrek+DzD2LJonnK67Hx0DTRGi1WsV+lKO5t9Dmyc7WNuLlILxqgjFYI5 so8OschJ95kb699YrcEfIK3W/57+ZQPG1di4uRPdarDOJ+ZA9qvs+G3NF/lX3As/j+uE gi1i7Xm4KBOLd8hgyAh5/9j4mlprCDh4Cn/Sh/7bojH2L3rjXM9kmxOPr4TTIDBl6YwE gEGThxRFsBtEYJL1LV7ZVS4LT1cpTZ+cThK/HQjTRfnRiYB31vPV7IAvxpP8exnF1GX0 rcitaSUiyJcXLxyrHPQ6spMhPdsMMYaMNsEkyjPcX0nmUDpYsJdJfrc/VmOr6ppXxwNw +8Jg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532jVnxOOWGUJAN8mNOsfnlePj/WUFwSvqFbt/HzlLq2oerrP2ES ygI+pAWqpPyKF0IP/BRS9GkUwOsSxreJw5p+NAl/sZ36Hy4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxXAAzjV1feK50ZoBz9vjvXGjyNLVks9d1uimnsCsuRlJ3codJraV0DMm+w4q9uiRXvyal9HoUw8KiaKsZh4YU= X-Received: by 2002:a0c:a601:: with SMTP id s1mr5263576qva.57.1602873129052; Fri, 16 Oct 2020 11:32:09 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Emily Shaffer Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 11:31:57 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [New, Outreachy] Introduction To: Caleb Tillman Cc: Git List Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 11:16 AM Caleb Tillman wrote: > > Hi, > > I am an Outreachy applicant interested in open source development. Welcome! > I > have started reading through docs for this project, and noticed that > many of the tests in t/ that are marked as expected to succeed are > failing. Is this normal and to be expected, or is there I chance I > messed something up in the build phase. That shouldn't happen. It's possible you're missing a dependency or something - if you post a paste link to some of the test failures in IRC I'm sure we can help you figure out what's going on. > > Also, for my microproject I was considering replacing some of the > calls to 'test' in t/ with their debug-friendly helper functions. > There seem to still be a lot of files that would qualify. Is this > particular microproject still desired? Yes, that is still desired! Looking forward to the patch(es). - Emily