Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: "M. J. Everitt" <m.j.everitt@×××.org>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Tinderboxing efforts in Gentoo
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2016 14:40:32
Message-Id: 58442AD6.5080204@iee.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Tinderboxing efforts in Gentoo by "Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto"
1 On 04/12/16 14:03, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote:
2 >
3 > I recall some discussion about tinderboxing suggesting that more
4 > important than testing all possible use flag combinations, would be to
5 > test:
6 >
7 > * all use flags disabled (some packages fail miserabily if you don't
8 > enable at least one use flag)
9 > * all use flags enabled (good to detect conflicts)
10 > * default use flags (rely on IUSE defaults - even better if you test
11 > it on different profiles to see the impact)
12 > * a set of use flags defined by maintainer (mysql ebuilds have a set
13 > of USE flags for maintainers to test them)
14 >
15 > Regards,
16 > Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto
17 > Gentoo Developer
18 >
19 Which is broadly what the -stable WG have settled on, and kensington is
20 working with for his updates/work on tatt and associated scripts afaik.
21 You may be interested in the #g-wg-stable channel has a bit more about
22 formalising some of the processes that have been going on 'in the
23 background' so-to-speak!

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