[Vm-dev] [squeak-dev] minor errors in tests during socket timeouts

[Ben Coman]

On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 at 07:20, Fabio Niephaus <lists at fniephaus.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 at 12:07 am, Ben Coman <btc at openinworld.com> wrote:
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>> However SmalltalkCI README indicates it doesn't support 32-bit of latest images for Squeak or Pharo...
>>    https://github.com/hpi-swa/smalltalkCI#list-of-supported-images
>> but is that info current? These files seem to indicate support...
>>    https://github.com/hpi-swa/smalltalkCI/blob/master/squeak/run.sh
>>    https://github.com/hpi-swa/smalltalkCI/blob/master/pharo/run.sh
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> Squeak[64]-trunk means Squeak-trunk (32bit) and Squeak64-trunk are supported. Eventually, we want to introduce Squeak32-trunk as well and change the default to 64bit.
> The same rule applies for Pharo.
> Maybe open an issue against smalltalkCI, so we don't forget to get rid of this confusion?

https://github.com/hpi-swa/smalltalkCI/issues/407


>> @vm-dev...
>> I find the specification of the test image too implicit here...
>>    https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/blob/Cog/tests/smalltalkCI.sh
>> For example, its hard to tell at a glance whether lowcode testing is enabled/disabled.
>> Could the test image be explicitly defined in travis.yml ? (I'll submit a concept PR for review)
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> Please do, happy to review a PR. The current version is still the very first version, I'm sure it can use some improvements :)

cool.

btw, are we indeed not testing VMs on Windows?
  https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/blob/Cog/.appveyor.yml#L123

cheers -ben