[PATCHES] remove s4member tests, was Re: ctdb in autobuild broken -- ctdb depends on winbind now????

[Rowland Penny]

On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 17:35:53 +0100
Stefan Metzmacher <metze at samba.org> wrote:

> Hi Rowland,
> 
> >>> So, I will ask again, why are we testing against something we tell
> >>> users not to use and is actually broken ???
> >>
> >> Agreed. Let's remove it...
> >>
> >> Cheers - Michael
> > 
> > OK, the attached patches should remove the s4member tests from
> > Samba, so start objecting now LOL
> > 
> > If I have missed anything, please let me know ;-)
> 
> I'd prefer that you don't remove tests completely, they should
> be moved to another environment if they're only run against
> s4member. We should either use ad_member or rpc_proxy.

They are mostly run against other environments, but I take your point.

I take it that these tests date back to the early days off Samba4 and
at that time it was thought that provisioning a Samba member server was
the way to go. If Samba isn't going to recommend provisioning a member
server and actually goes out of its way to tell people not to do this,
then any tests against a provisioned member server are, in my opinion,
about as much use as a chocolate fireguard ;-)

> 
> I'd also like to get some comments from Andrew before this
> gets pushed.

Like I said (in a roundabout way), if the patches needs altering, lets 
alter them, but I still think the useless s4member tests need to go.
 
Rowland