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From: Alistair John Bush <ali_bush@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: tests
Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 04:32:00
Message-Id: 463D5935.5050900@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: tests by Ryan Hill
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4 Ryan Hill wrote:
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6 > Can we qualify each of these into one of your categories? (NB: I
7 > realize there are solutions for each of these examples. I'm pointing
8 > out that not only is the situation not black and white, it often ranges
9 > in the ultra-violet.)
10 >
11
12 ++
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14 >
15 > Anyone, however, who is of the opinion that tests for their packages are
16 > so important that they should never be skipped, and who is willing to
17 > deal with the bug reports that will undeniably be generated as a result,
18 > should IMO be allowed to shoot themselves in the foot, while those
19 > uninterested can go about their business without further interruption.
20 >
21 > In no way should this be tied to EAPI.
22 >
23 >
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25 This should be appended with "A wise man once said ..."
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27 Unless there is some overwhelming evidence that a majority of users have
28 FEATURES="test" and USE="test" set I can only see the costs of this far
29 outweighing the benefits.
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