# HG changeset patch
# User John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
# Date 1736433130 18000
# Node ID 43dc610bbd246cd8b0003e6a8ed2a340752d274e
# Parent  35beff3168834a58b57bea4ac44ac499ba7942ab
doc: known issues with possible dependent tests

When reversing the testing order, two blocks of tests fail. Document
these.

I spent time trying to fix them, but got nowhere. Obviously I am
missing something. But this doc gives future me or somebody else a
starting point.

diff -r 35beff316883 -r 43dc610bbd24 test/conftest.py
--- a/test/conftest.py	Thu Jan 09 09:30:08 2025 -0500
+++ b/test/conftest.py	Thu Jan 09 09:32:10 2025 -0500
@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@
 # can use if pytest-random-order --random-order mode isn't
 # usable (e.g. python2).
 
+
+# known issues:
+#  python3 -m pytest -k Whoosh test/test_indexer.py fails starting with
+#      first reversed (so last) test in module
+#
+#  python3 -m pytest test/test_cgi.py 
+#    fails: FormTestCase::testCreatePermission
+#           FormTestCase::testClassPermission
+#           FormTestCase::testCheckAndPropertyPermission
+#
+#  this failure results in a failure in test_action again with
+#     bad permission application. Something run prior to these
+#     tests is breaking the permission checks.
+
 #def pytest_collection_modifyitems(items): 
 #    items.reverse()