What's the use of core/*/qa/unoapi/knownissues.xcl files?

[Bjoern Michaelsen]

Hi,

On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 09:43:54PM +0200, Maarten Bosmans wrote:
> I could not find where these files are actually used.

A simple "git grep knownissues" tells otherwise:

$ git grp knownissues
chart2/JunitTest_chart2_unoapi.mk:    -Dorg.openoffice.test.arg.xcl=$(SRCDIR)/chart2/qa/unoapi/knownissues.xcl \
... 35 more lines ...

> Should they be removed?

Once you fixed all the historically broken/unstable tests on all platforms,
yes. ;D

But better not earlier: these files lists the tests that should be skipped.

> On a related note: The issue numbers in those files look like: i84702.
> [...]
> Is there any way of accessing the descriptions of these old bugs?

e.g. https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=84702

Best,

Bjoern