[TIP] Incorrect return code py.test on Windows/Jenkins ?

[Jorge Vargas]

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 6:07 AM, Pere Martir <pere.martir4 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Jorge Vargas
>> Right. I have to agree that the difference between a and b is valid.
>> In practice i consider both a and b a failure in the test suite that
>> needs to be fixed. Because it's either a problem in the configuration
>> or the new code.
>
> pyunit (import unittest) has the same behavior. However, it seems
> strange to me: then why we need the "unstable/yellow" status in
> Jenkins ?
>
Indeed, to be honest I didn't knew about it until you pointed it out.
I assume it's a java-ism because over there you can have "build
errors" as in the code does not compile. And "runtime errors" as in
the test fail to pass.