Should the 2.7.3-rc1 tag be failing tests?

Josh Suereth wrote:
> I'm getting the following:
>
> [partest] testing:
> [...]/files/neg/bug1017.scala [FAILED]
>
> when i try to recreate a distribution on the 2.7.3-rc1 tag. My build
> environment is Ubuntu 8.10 + Java 1.6.0_10. Should this be happening?
>

Josh,

There are a few known issues with partest in 2.7.3.RC1; the problems should
be confined to the testing framework, however, while the compiler should
actually be ok (hopefully). We should have partest fixed in the next RC.

Toni

Josh Suereth wrote:
> I'm getting the following:
>
> [partest] testing:
> [...]/files/neg/bug1017.scala [FAILED]
>
> when i try to recreate a distribution on the 2.7.3-rc1 tag. My build
> environment is Ubuntu 8.10 + Java 1.6.0_10. Should this be happening?
>

Josh,

There are a few known issues with partest in 2.7.3.RC1; the problems should
be confined to the testing framework, however, while the compiler should
actually be ok (hopefully). We should have partest fixed in the next RC.

Toni