Re: [jakarta.ee-spec.committee] exclude tests only

[Bill Shannon <bill.shannon@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, it's not external, since the keystore containing the certificate is
included in the TCK distribution.

But it does sort of fit into the security exceptions rule in the TCK
compatibility rules.

I'm not worried about it; I just thought you guys should know.

Scott Stark wrote on 1/11/20 5:52 AM:
> That is really just a configuration issue as an external item used by
> the test needed to be updated. I would not consider it much different
> from a database url that needs to be updated for every implementation
> under test to use.
> 
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 8:05 PM Bill Shannon <bill.shannon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> We talked about this item in our recent meeting:
>>
>> Add new tests for TCK for existing spec, or exclude tests only?  - Bill
>>
>> Recollection was that it was only “exclude” for now. Update TCK doc to clarify this decision.
>>
>> Well, we already had an instance of a problem that caused us to violate this. Many of the tests depend on a self-signed certificate. The certificate is bundled with the test suite. The bundled certificate is about to expire. We don't want the tests to fail just because the certificate expired. We could exclude every test that uses one of these certificates, but that would cripple the test suite. Instead, we're going to replace the certificate with a newer one that doesn't expire quite so soon. And yes, the "right" fix is to generate the certificate at the start of the test. That's a problem we're leaving for someone else to solve in the future.
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