Re: [gentoo-dev] Some ideas on how to reduce territoriality

[Jurek Bartuszek <jurek@gentoo.org>]

Petteri Räty wrote:
> Steev Klimaszewski kirjoitti:
>> Vlastimil Babka wrote:
>>
>>> dodoc calls should have || die and USE=doc should be tested before
>>> commiting a bump, IMHO
>>>
>> Sorry, I didn't realize my 3 hour compile of $APPLICATION should die
>> because TODO wasn't around.  Vote against || die - it doesn't affect
>> anything aside from misc docs not being installed, if its really that
>> important, most people hit the website anyway.  (But yes, they should be
>> corrected and tested before committing)
>>
> 
> And is the average ebuild 3 hours and haven't you heard about FEATURES
> noauto? The || die is there for maintainers to spot when version
> bumping. If you commit a version that's broken with missing TODO and ||
> die you should think about if you are doing everything right...
> 

Just thinking aloud - why not add some (QA?) notice in the summary when
dodoc (and possibly other do*'s) fails? One would be instructed to file
a new bug when he sees it *and*, after all, the package will have still
been merged successfuly.

Best regards,
Jurek Bartuszek
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