From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HkYPg-0005DF-DS for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 06 May 2007 04:32:00 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l464V53J022192; Sun, 6 May 2007 04:31:05 GMT Received: from alias1.ihug.co.nz (alias1.ihug.co.nz [203.96.222.11]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l464TEEI019908 for ; Sun, 6 May 2007 04:29:15 GMT Received: from ironport3.ihug.co.nz [203.109.254.23] by alias1.ihug.co.nz with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HkYMK-0001Bg-00; Sun, 06 May 2007 16:28:32 +1200 Received: from 203-118-158-165.ip.bliink.ihug.co.nz (HELO [10.1.1.4]) ([203.118.158.165]) by ironport3.ihug.co.nz with ESMTP/TLS/AES256-SHA; 06 May 2007 16:28:32 +1200 X-Ironport-Seen: Yes Message-ID: <463D5935.5050900@gentoo.org> Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 16:27:33 +1200 From: Alistair John Bush User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070420) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: tests References: <200705011508.57220.peper@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 883efe2e-be85-495d-9e5c-95a945e37617 X-Archives-Hash: 98b120c6e1e4968159a7a5207b671016 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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. - -- Alistair John Bush Developer Gentoo Java OpenPGP key 0x4900CFB7 www.gentoo.org www.gentoo.org/proj/en/java -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGPVk0RJGZcUkAz7cRAvLxAKCMmVsmTYxboAnUg7BoElZab2K6uwCcDvLo IXdW+e12W/yMlq7WkDXhE2E= =o83O -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list