Re: [OE-core][wrynose 18/21] python3: use SKIPPED_TESTS instead of test skip patches

["Yoann Congal" <yoann.congal@smile.fr>]

On Thu Jun 11, 2026 at 10:58 AM CEST, Paul Barker wrote:
> On Thu, 2026-06-11 at 00:55 +0200, Yoann Congal via
> lists.openembedded.org wrote:
>> From: Trevor Gamblin <tgamblin@baylibre.com>
>> 
>> Drop all 13 patches carried for skipping various known ptest failures
>> and replace them with usage of the SKIPPED_TESTS variable, which we have
>> started doing in recent commits (e.g. 40b0815dc9). Most but not all of
>> the test skips are due to load variability, distinguish between them by
>> using multiple SKIPPED_TESTS:append blocks with comments taken from the
>> patch files indicating their purpose. This adds 62 lines to the Python 3
>> recipe, but it also means that we no longer have to maintain the patch
>> files across version upgrades, where they often break due to changes in
>> the test modules upstream.
>
> Hi Yoann,
>
> What's the reason for backporting this (and the following patch) to the
> stable branch?

Hello,

Mainly, it was to make future backports easier to hopefully fix the
AB-INTs we have on python (as it would align wrynose & master for the
python recipe). But I admit this is a weak argument. I don't mind
dropping those now and revisit when we have an actual fix to backport.

>
> Best regards,


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Yoann Congal
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