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From: Jeroen Roovers <jer@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: USE=qa-test
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:17:24
Message-Id: 20091007181618.7e8a868b@epia.jer-c2.orkz.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] RFC: USE=qa-test by Ryan Hill
1 On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 20:38:18 -0600
2 Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > Some packages, like dbus[1], have testing features that, while useful
5 > for developers and arch-testers, aren't something that should be
6 > foisted on users. Dbus' case is extreme, as it builds-in functions
7 > that are useful for unit testing, but result in an insecure and
8 > unstable package
9
10 You could build it twice in the same ebuild... Of course, you still
11 wouldn't be testing the same thing as you're installing, but then again
12 upstream releases it that way.
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14
15 Regards,
16 jer