Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Anyone ever emerged dev-libs/boost with FEATURES="test" and finished?
Date:	Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:05:37
Message-Id:	`20100406230016.1a97009f@zaphod.digimed.co.uk`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-user] Re: Anyone ever emerged dev-libs/boost with FEATURES="test" and finished? by Lie Ryan

1	On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:51:03 +1000, Lie Ryan wrote:
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3	> > FEATURES=test is not meant to be used by users, it is a developer
4	> > setting, and they would only enable it for packages they maintain and
5	> > then only when they ant to run the tests.
6	>
7	> But most developers do not have the resources to test on all
8	> combinations of platforms.
9
10	That's why Gentoo has arch-testers.
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13	--
14	Neil Bothwick
15
16	If you give a man a fish, he's fed for a day.
17	If you teach a man to fish, he'll buy a silly hat.
18	If you talk about fish to a starving man, you're a consultant.

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