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From: Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] finding reverse dependencies for arch testing (and other purposes)
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:45:46
Message-Id: 4E7A3019.5010400@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] finding reverse dependencies for arch testing (and other purposes) by Rich Freeman
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4 On 09/21/11 20:40, Rich Freeman wrote:
5 > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Thomas Kahle <tomka@g.o>
6 > wrote:
7 >> Let's have a page in our docs where everybody can explain his or
8 >> her tool. Where in the hierarchy should the page be? How
9 >> about: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/arch-testing
10 >
11 > Please! And the documentation should include examples of common
12 > workflows, not just a dump of command line options and what they
13 > do.
14
15 First we need to gather everything to a single location.
16
17 >
18 > Let's start with the use case of I have a stablereq for a package
19 > and I want to test it. Just tell me how to do it, and don't make
20 > me figure out which combination of options works best.
21 It is a bit hard to document a generic testing process. Each package
22 has different requirements. We tried to document a generic workflow in
23 amd64 AT[1] and in the AT quiz as well.
24
25 Oh, and make sure
26 > the instructions include any necessary cleanup if the process
27 > leaves cruft in package.keywords/etc.
28 Well cleanup process if a bit obvious for an experienced power user
29 like an AT.
30
31 [1]: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/amd64/at/index.xml
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33 Regards,
34 Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
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