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On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:16:57 +0000 (UTC) |
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Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote: |
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> > I agree entirely. Why the pkgcore people refuse to do basic |
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> > automated tests is completely beyond me. |
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> That may or may not be, but it's beside the point. The point is that |
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> a bug was found, that fact was stated, and regardless of other points |
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> that could be made, the developer of the code in question was all but |
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> forced to call the person who caught the bug God and ask forgiveness |
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> for his sin, in ordered to find out what the bug was. |
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No no, calling me God won't get anyone anywhere... |
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He was forced to do the kind of extremely basic testing that should |
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have been done before an EAPI 1 accepting package manager was put in |
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the tree. Unfortunately, he then committed a fix and didn't add unit |
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tests to prevent future regressions, nor did he add unit tests to cover |
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the rest of EAPI 1 functionality. |
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There is a big difference between obscure bugs and blatant |
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irresponsibility here. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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