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From: cmbecker69@gmx.de ("Christoph M. Becker")

On 17.09.2024 at 17:06, Derick Rethans wrote:

> On Mon, 9 Sep 2024, Christoph M. Becker wrote:
>
>> write-test.php is important, and <https://qa.php.net/phpt_details.php>
>> maybe even more so.  As this is relevant for run-tests.php (I don't
>> think there are still alternative test runners), php-src/docs seems to
>> be a good home for it.
>
> I agree, it should go there. All the "read me" type docs are MD, but the
> actual documentation in
> https://github.com/php/php-src/tree/master/docs/source is (for good
> reasons) in RST. I think it makes sense for the PHPT documentation
> (write-test.php and phpt_details) to be a single ".md" in docs/ =E2=80=
=94 one
> explains the how and minimal how, whereas the latter is much more
> detail).

I had already submitted PR #15939 before I read your reply, but I'm more
than fine going with PR #15940 instead.

>> handling-bugs.php needs a thorough overhaul, or might be dropped
>> altogether.  Some of the quickfix snippets might still be useful for
>> the GH issue tracker, though.
>
> I say we just drop it.

Okay.

>> The PFTT reports have always been pretty much useless.
>> <https://qa.php.net/reports/run_tests.php> had some value, but
>> apparently the SQLite DB had been corrupted again, so this can
>> probably be removed as well.  I believe the functionality to send
>> these reports has been dropped from run-tests.php quite a while ago
>> anyway.
>
> I tried to see what was going on there, but on the command line, the
> 8.2.18 file is fine (there is a file for every version). It's just an
> empty database and the "reports" table doesn't exist.
>
> I have now removed the empty files, so the report works.
> But I wouldn't say it's useful.

I agree that it is preferable to have users open tickets on GH about
failing tests; at least you can request feedback there.

Christoph