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From: Alexis Ballier <aballier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Providing consistent means to enable tests requiring Internet access
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 21:43:11
Message-Id: 20170427234234.6775afa2@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Providing consistent means to enable tests requiring Internet access by "Michał Górny"
1 On Thu, 27 Apr 2017 16:14:13 +0200
2 Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
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4 > b. those tests can easily be enabled, and that fact is recorded
5 > in the installed package metadata,
6 >
7 > c. the flag can easily be used in RESTRICT="" constraint to easily
8 > disable all the tests.
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11 I see that as a rather important disadvantage. Why would we want to
12 record that in VDB ?
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15 > What do you think? Any other ideas?
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17 why not simply a new RESTRICT value ?

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