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#10767: update README in crashers; not all may have a bug entry and/or be fixed.

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This directory only contains tests for outstanding bugs that cause This directory only contains tests for outstanding bugs that cause the
the interpreter to segfault. Ideally this directory should always interpreter to segfault. Ideally this directory should always be empty, but
be empty. Sometimes it may not be easy to fix the underlying cause. sometimes it may not be easy to fix the underlying cause and the bug is deemed
too obscure to invest the effort.
Each test should fail when run from the command line: Each test should fail when run from the command line:
./python Lib/test/crashers/weakref_in_del.py ./python Lib/test/crashers/weakref_in_del.py
Each test should have a link to the bug report: Put as much info into a docstring or comments to help determine the cause of the
failure, as well as a bugs.python.org issue number if it exists. Particularly
note if the cause is system or environment dependent and what the variables are.
# http://python.org/sf/BUG# Once the crash is fixed, the test case should be moved into an appropriate test
(even if it was originally from the test suite). This ensures the regression
Put as much info into a docstring or comments to help determine doesn't happen again. And if it does, it should be easier to track down.
the cause of the failure. Particularly note if the cause is
system or environment dependent and what the variables are.
Once the crash is fixed, the test case should be moved into an appropriate
test (even if it was originally from the test suite). This ensures the
regression doesn't happen again. And if it does, it should be easier
to track down.