bpo-31904: Fix test_netrc for VxWorks RTOS by pxinwr · Pull Request #21675 · python/cpython (original) (raw)

Why is netrc not supported? Is this just a temporary workaround to get the build passing all tests? Or it is something more fundamental?

If it is temporary, and likely to be fixed, then that intent should be documented near the skipif.

If it is permanent, then that reason should be documented both here and in the documentation for netrc. https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/netrc.html gives no hint that it might be missing in certain operating systems, let alone excluding VxWorks in particular.

And I suppose this comment applies globally to failures resolved by a skipIf, including those already integrated.