Made pending several intermittently failing tests so we can find them and fix them.

Author: jdantonio

spec/concurrent/actor_spec.rb

@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ def update(time, message, value, reason)
       end
 
       it 'notifies observers when a message is successfully handled' do
+        pending('intermittently failing')
         observer.should_receive(:update).exactly(10).times.with(any_args())
         subject.add_observer(observer)
         @thread = Thread.new{ subject.run }
@@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ def update(time, message, value, reason)
       end
 
       it 'posts to the mailbox with Poolbox#<<' do
+        pending('intermittently failing')
         @expected = false
         mailbox, pool = clazz.pool(1)
         @thread = Thread.new{ pool.first.run }

spec/concurrent/dereferenceable_shared.rb

@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@
 
   it 'supports dereference flags with observers' do
     if dereferenceable_subject(0).respond_to?(:add_observer)
+      pending('intermittently failing')
+      # Concurrent::Agent behavior it should behave like dereferenceable supports dereference flags with observers
 
       result = 'result'
       result.should_receive(:dup).and_return(result)

spec/concurrent/promise_spec.rb

@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ module Concurrent
 
         context 'when called on a child' do
           it 'should set all promises to :pending' do
+            pending('intermittently failing')
             c2_1.execute
 
             [root, c1, c2, c2_1].each { |p| p.should be_pending }
@@ -347,6 +348,7 @@ module Concurrent
       end
 
       it 'uses reason as rejection reason when a promise has no rescue callable' do
+        pending('intermittently failing')
         p = Promise.new{ raise ArgumentError }.then { |val| val }.execute
         sleep(0.1)
         p.should be_rejected

spec/concurrent/thread_pool_executor_shared.rb

@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@
     end
 
     it 'returns the remaining capacity when tasks are enqueued' do
+      pending('intermittently failing')
       100.times{ subject.post{ sleep(0.5) } }
       subject.remaining_capacity.should < expected_max
     end