----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Kenigsberg" <danken(a)redhat.com>
To: "Nir Soffer" <nsoffer(a)redhat.com>
Cc: infra(a)ovirt.org
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 3:17:45 PM
Subject: Re: Bad test creates unwanted noise?
On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 07:37:16AM -0500, Nir Soffer wrote:
> Hi infra,
>
> Build failed today because of unrelated test:
>
http://jenkins.ovirt.org/job/vdsm_unit_tests_gerrit/5902/console
>
> AlignmentScanTests
> test_aligned_image ERROR
> test_bad_path OK
> test_help_response OK
> test_nonaligned_image ERROR
>
> This is not the first time I see these tests fail randomly. The issue may
> be either bad
> code or bad test failing randomly.
>
> I suggest to exclude these tests until the issue is resolved.
Do you know if the random failures are limited to Jenkins slaves?
I happens on my hosts from time to time, and now also on jenkins.
It would be nice if jenkins would send email to the author of the failing
tests. Either the test is bad and you wont to fix it, or someone else broke
your test and you want to "fix" someone :-)