Re: [ejb-dev] Removal of tests for pruned technologies versus making tes

[Scott Marlow <smarlow@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/29/20 12:36 PM, Scott Marlow wrote:
> Hi,
>
> During the Platform call [1] today it was pointed out that TCKs should 
> consistently handle all pruned/removed technologies the same (e.g. 
> either remove related tests or allow related tests to be run optionally).
>
> We removed the Jakarta Platform EE TCK tests for Jakarta XML Registries, 
> Jakarta XML RPC, Jakarta Deployment, Jakarta Management but recently 
> updated the Platform TCK to treat the com/sun/ts/tests/ejb30 that use 
> Corba as optional [2].  By default the EJB tests that use Corba are not 
> run (default is !rmi_iiop&!corba ).
>
> I added David Belevins + the EJB ml to ask what the impact would be if 
> we adjusted the changes made in [2] to instead remove the ejb30 tests 
> that use Corba?

It would also be good to hear from David Blevins (sorry about the typo).

> We also updated the com/sun/ts/tests/rmiiiop tests to be optional as 
> well [2].  By default these tests are not run (default is 
> !rmi_iiop&!corba ).
>
> Feedback on removing the RMI-IIOP tests instead of marking them optional 
> by default would also be appreciated.
>
> Thank you Guru for all of your hard work and patience on [2].
>
> Scott
>
> [1] 
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EJ2ilaPhMnQqa3aw6AmwjRbBPGL3_np4uuwklgfqPZI/edit?pli=1 
>
>
> [2] https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/jakartaee-tck/pull/521