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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Disturbing state of arch testing in Gentoo
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:54:46
Message-Id: CAGfcS_mhnUmjk0Gy3o-Vt19Y0XQ4HxCgXMTT4+U+s6qSvuN2Mg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Disturbing state of arch testing in Gentoo by John Helmert III
1 On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 7:34 PM John Helmert III <ajak@g.o> wrote:
2 >
3 > On Mon, Nov 07, 2022 at 07:23:33PM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote:
4 > > Proprietary tools do contribute to this since they can
5 > > generate results that are harder to reproduce, but if they are clear
6 > > and accurate and actionable it could still be a net-positive.
7 >
8 > In some cases, yes, this is exactly the problem. This was one of the
9 > bugs reported in the now-deleted issue tracking repository on Github.
10 >
11
12 This was hinted at earlier in the thread. My goal wasn't to say
13 whether it was or was not an issue, but bring the focus more on the
14 tangible impact, as I think that will probably help to make this less
15 about philosophy and more about impact. I think that is more likely
16 to create action (whether that is a policy change or improvement to
17 the tooling).
18
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20 Rich