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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 23:42:34 +0200
From: Alexis Ballier <aballier@gentoo.org>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Providing consistent means to enable tests
 requiring Internet access
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On Thu, 27 Apr 2017 16:14:13 +0200
Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny <mgorny@gentoo.org> wrote:

> b. those tests can easily be enabled, and that fact is recorded
> in the installed package metadata,
>=20
> c. the flag can easily be used in RESTRICT=3D"" constraint to easily
> disable all the tests.


I see that as a rather important disadvantage. Why would we want to
record that in VDB ?


> What do you think? Any other ideas?

why not simply a new RESTRICT value ?