Re: [gentoo-user] FEATURES="test" -- Should this work?

[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.]

On Tuesday 26 June 2007, Mike Edenfield <kutulu@××××××.org> wrote 
about '[gentoo-user] FEATURES="test" -- Should this work?':
> I recently enabled the "test" feature on Portage

I use paludis,. which does testing by default, and I've seen a number of 
packages fail tests.  I simply mask those specific versions.  Last time I 
checked, bug reports coming from alternative package manager users were 
closed "fairly quickly".  Since you are using portage, your bugs may get a 
little more attention, but I think the general consensus is that "tests 
aren't important" so they generally get dropped to low priority, ignored 
until the next release, then closed with a "refile if it affects the 
current release" message.

Then again, perhaps I'm just feeling a bit jaded toward the Gentoo 
developers this morning.  <grumpy/>

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