pytest xfail policy and workflow
Episode 165 · October 7th, 2021 · 9 mins 44 secs
About this Episode
A discussion of how to use the xfail feature of pytest to help with communication on software projects.
The episode covers:
- What is xfail
- Why I use it
- Using
reason
effectively by including issue tracking numbers - Using
xfail_strict
- Adding
--runxfail
when transitioning from development to feature freeze - What to do about test failures
- How all of this might help with team communication