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Hi! |
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On Tue, 06 Oct 2009, Ryan Hill wrote: |
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> [... separate testing flag/feature for |
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> complicated/long/somehwat broken test suites ...] |
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> [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/287722 |
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I agree. However, some of the cases aren't quite clear-cut. Take, |
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for example fftw. Its test suite takes about half an hour on a |
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modern machine (or so the ebuild claims). That's still several |
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times the normal build time. And in the case of slower arches, |
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the time can skyrocket: even on our quad-cpu Alpha dev machine |
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(definitely on the beefy end), the test suite takes over three |
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hours. |
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Bottom line: at least for the build time, some sort of guideline |
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("increases buildtime by more than a factor of X or more than Y |
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minutes") might be useful. The same goes for ballooning |
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installed-package size. |
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I think the "breaks a lot" is more clear cut, and "causes |
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security problems" definitely is. |
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Regards, |
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Tobias |
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