RFR JDK-8022224: Intermittent test failures in sun/nio/cs/FindDecoderBugs.java, ,

[Martin Buchholz]

On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 12:52 AM, Chris Hegarty <chris.hegarty at oracle.com>
wrote:

>
> On 6 Aug 2015, at 00:28, Martin Buchholz <martinrb at google.com> wrote:
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> > On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Chris Hegarty <chris.hegarty at oracle.com>
> wrote:
> > The change looks ok to me Sherman.
> >
> > Should the bug synopsis be updated? It looks like a test bug rather than
> a product one.
> >
> > Why do you say that?  The JISAutoDetect charset is being fixed here, no?
>
> When I first looked at this I expected it to be a test only bug. I was
> just initially surprised to see that it was actually a product bug.  I
> guess I think the synopsis should read something like “Fix JISAutoDetect
> charset”, or something, rather than specifically mentioning a jdk
> regression test.  Given both Sherman’s and your comments, this is not worth
> debating.
>
>
Oh, I misunderstood.  Your initial "it" refers to the title...


> > Sherman: Thanks for fixing this.  I've observed this in the wild a
> couple of times myself.
> >
> > (Although flaky tests are annoying, finding actual bugs makes it so
> worth it!)
>
> Right.
>
> -Chris.
>
>