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From: Tom Wijsman <TomWij@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: rich0@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] package.mask vs ~arch
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 19:13:12
Message-Id: 20140630211106.26e1bed5@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] package.mask vs ~arch by Rich Freeman
1 On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 10:48:22 -0400
2 Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Jeroen Roovers <jer@g.o>
5 > wrote:
6 > > On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 09:25:27 -0400
7 > > Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote:
8 > >
9 > >> Agree 100%. I'm taking about masking things that HAVEN'T BEEN
10 > >> TESTED AT ALL. The maintainer knows that they compile, and that
11 > >> is it.
12 > >
13 > > Developers who "HAVEN'T [...] TESTED AT ALL" and still commit their
14 > > changes to the tree should immediately hand in their toys and leave
15 > > the project.
16 >
17 > What harm does it cause to commit an untested package in a masked
18 > state to the tree?
19 >
20 > Doing so violates no policy, and IMHO it shouldn't be considered a
21 > policy violation either, especially if it makes life easier on anybody
22 > who has actually volunteered to test it.
23
24 "should" != "must"; that joke aside, while it's not punishable by
25 policy (and shouldn't even be punished if it's not repeated behavior)
26 we rather need to keep the package.mask file of a reasonable size.
27
28 The goal of this file is to have an overview of what _is_ BROKEN; when
29 you add a lot of UNSURE, its contents will diverge away from this goal.
30
31 A test of a package to determine whether it appears to be working OK or
32 whether it destructs your system isn't too much asked for; if it works
33 it can then be ~arch tested, if it breaks you have a bug # for p.mask.
34
35 If someone can't test it at all, why was it added in the first place?
36
37 --
38 With kind regards,
39
40 Tom Wijsman (TomWij)
41 Gentoo Developer
42
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