[RFC] Remove outdated postscript test from icedtea6

[Andrew John Hughes]

2009/3/12 Omair Majid <omajid at redhat.com>:
> Hi,
>
> This patch removes the javax/print/attribute/PSCopiesFlavorTest.java jtreg
> (jdk) test from IcedTea6. The test was written for a CUPS/postscript bug[1].
>
> There are several issues with this test. It cant handle the case where there
> is no default printer; it throws a NullPointerException without actually
> testing what it's supposed to. The bug that this test checks for has become
> obsolete. The issue was that when a postscript file specified the number of
> copies, and the user asked for a certain number of copies, the number of
> copies in the postscript file would generally take precedence. This meant
> that from a user's point of view, there was no way to set the number of
> copies. This is no longer true for modern version of CUPS. The JRE has
> already been fixed so that it returns Copies as a valid attribute for
> postscript documents, making this test incorrect.
>
> Cheers
> Omair
>
> [1] http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6527316
>

You should file an OpenJDK bug for this patch as well:

https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/

I can see the logic, but for the time being it might be better to just
exclude it from the JTReg tests in IcedTea and wait for feedback from
Sun on complete removal.
-- 
Andrew :-)

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