Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: tests

[Alistair John Bush <ali_bush@gentoo.org>]

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Ryan Hill wrote:

> Can we qualify each of these into one of your categories?  (NB: I
> realize there are solutions for each of these examples.  I'm pointing
> out that not only is the situation not black and white, it often ranges
> in the ultra-violet.)
> 

++

> 
> Anyone, however, who is of the opinion that tests for their packages are
> so important that they should never be skipped, and who is willing to
> deal with the bug reports that will undeniably be generated as a result,
> should IMO be allowed to shoot themselves in the foot, while those
> uninterested can go about their business without further interruption.
> 
> In no way should this be tied to EAPI.
> 
> 

This should be appended with "A wise man once said ..."

Unless there is some overwhelming evidence that a majority of users have
FEATURES="test" and USE="test" set I can only see the costs of this far
outweighing the benefits.


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