Bug#839992: libmath-quaternion-perl: autopkgtest failure: not ok 48 - rotation_angle works

[gregor herrmann]

On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 19:54:07 +0100, Santiago Vila wrote:

> > > > 'int rand 100' returns results between 0 and 99, and with 0 and 1,
> > > > the for loop is not run.
> > > So it fails deliberately once every 50 times?
> > I'm skeptical that it fails on purpose.
> I mean that once that we (not the author) know why it fails, not
> fixing it is almost as letting it fail deliberately.

Oh I see, sorry for the misunderstanding.
 
> > > > Ok, after applying the proposed patch from CPAN RT, I don't get this
> > > > problem anymore, and I now also get the failures we're seeing on
> > > > ci.d.n.
> > > Would be possible to apply the patch for stretch?
> > Since it only fixes part of the problem I'm afraid that wouldn't be
> > so useful.
> I guess it will depend on how often does the other problem happen.
> Does it happen more than 1 in 50 times or a lot less?

IIRC it happens less often.


So I guess your argument is that reducing the likelihood of test
failures makes sense even if we don't catch all? -- I have to say
that I can agree with this point :)

Package uploaded with the patch from the CPAN (without closing the
bug). Let's see if we are too late for stretch or not ...


Cheers,
gregor

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