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On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 10:37 AM Virgil Dupras <vdupras@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 10:27:01 -0400 |
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> Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote: |
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> > On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 9:23 AM Kent Fredric <kentnl@g.o> |
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> > wrote: |
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> > > On Tue, 21 Aug 2018 22:29:29 -0400 |
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> > > Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote: |
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> > > > Setting RESTRICT="!test? ( test )" is generally sufficient. |
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> > > But that would require setting that virtually *everything* that has |
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> > > both tests, and required dependencies for tests. |
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> > > Which, in my experience, is practically everything with tests. |
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> > > To the point it seems like that should be the *default* mechanic, |
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> > > not a requirement that everyone pay not to have a randomly broken |
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> > > package. |
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> > If you want to define behavior that can be relied upon in ebuilds, it |
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> > should be specified in PMS. PMS does not define any meaning for the |
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> > "test" USE flag. |
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> Which is the easiest path, updating the PMS or adding RESTRICT="!test? |
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> ( test )" to thousands of ebuilds? I don't see how we can realistically |
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> hope for every developer to cooperate in making sure that their ebuilds |
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> behave properly in "USE=-test" situation. |
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Updates to PMS happen infrequently, and generally only introduce |
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behavioral changes in new EAPIs. |
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Adding RESTRICT to ebuilds does not need to happen overnight; setting |
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FEATURES=test still does the right thing for most people, assuming |
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they haven't done something stupid like setting USE=-test in |
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make.conf. |
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