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On Tue, 01 May 2007 21:51:17 -0400 |
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Daniel Gryniewicz <dang@g.o> wrote: |
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> Sure, but now you're requiring me to go through all that extra work |
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> if I want any of the benefits of EAPI=1. |
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It is likely that EAPI-1 will be stricter in quite a few areas... |
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> Or, third option, is that everyone marks their packages as "low |
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> priority tests, don't run them" just to switch to EAPI=1, and we have |
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> no gain over what we have now. |
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No, even that's a gain. It means that arch teams *know* when a test |
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failure isn't a problem. But 'everyone' won't do that. |
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> I think this thread in general overestimates the value of tests in |
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> packages. |
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To maintainers, possibly. Not to arch teams. The way test suites are |
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now makes arch teams' jobs a lot harder than they should be. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |