[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #41706: Remove failing tests from older branches

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#41706: Remove failing tests from older branches
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 Reporter:  johnbillion       |      Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |  Milestone:  4.9
Component:  Build/Test Tools  |    Version:  3.7
 Severity:  normal            |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                    |
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 In WordPress 4.0 and earlier, the test suite contains intentionally
 failing tests which are skipped when the corresponding ticket is still
 open. This means that once the ticket is closed as fixed it immediately
 causes all earlier branches to fail unless the fix is backported. Hence
 why the 4.0 branch and earlier have a bunch of failing tests.

 A lot of time has been spent backporting fixes in both `tests` and `src`
 to older branches in order to get the builds to pass (#40534, #30284 and
 others), but this is now at the point where it's no longer practical or a
 good use of time.

 The failing tests in the 4.0, 3.9, 3.8, and 3.7 branches should be deleted
 so the branch builds pass again, making them useful for the management of
 point releases.

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