Re: [PATCH COMMITTED] Switch IDNA implementation to libidn2 [BZ #19728] [BZ #19729] [BZ #22247]

[Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>]

On 05/23/2018 01:51 PM, Adhemerval Zanella wrote:
> 
> 
> On 23/05/2018 14:38, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
>> On 05/23/2018 01:12 PM, Adhemerval Zanella wrote:
>>> On 23/05/2018 13:55, Florian Weimer wrote:
>>>> On 05/23/2018 06:44 PM, H.J. Lu wrote:
>>>>> On Fedora 28, I got
>>>>>
>>>>> FAIL: resolv/tst-resolv-ai_idn FAIL:
>>>>> resolv/tst-resolv-ai_idn-latin1
>>>>
>>>> See the NEWS file.  You need libidn 2.0.5 (and later) to avoid test
>>>> failures.  The mirror push for that is currently under way, and you
>>>> should be able to install the new version tomorrow.
>>>
>>> Shouldn't we in this case mark the tests as unsupported instead of
>>> failing?
>>  
>> $0.02. No. It should fail to indicate you have bugs in your system libidn.
>>
>> Unsupported would be if you didn't have a libidn present at all (and the
>> test looks for this too and returns FAIL_UNSUPPORTED).
>>
> 
> So in this case we should at least document this better, commit message does
> not have anything regarding it and NEWS update just states "[...] libidn2 
> version 2.0.5 or later is recommended. [...]" which does not really state
> why 2.0.5 is preferred.  
> 
> Also, reading the newer tests does give any indication why 2.0.5 is required 
> to fully compliance nor they check libidn2 version.  To one involved in glibc
> developments it should be straightforward to relate possible test-suite to
> related error, but I still think that indicating that system tests libidn is 
> the culprit nor glibc itself is a better error output.
 
That sounds good to me. I'll let Florian respond here and add more NEWS information
that people think should be present.

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Cheers,
Carlos.