Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Block ebuilds installing tests to ${D} by default

["Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@gentoo.org>]

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Am Donnerstag, 1. Februar 2024, 09:15:39 CET schrieb Robin H. Johnson:
> TL;DR:
> I'd like to propose a change where packages should NOT install their
> tests to ${D} by default. Such an install may optionally enabled with
> USE=test, which should be decoupled from FEATURES=test. Or depending on
> the color of the bikeshed, we add something new like USE=install-tests.

I see where you come from, but the decision what precisely to install
(when we do not follow upstream) can be very non-trivial.

I'm not familiar with Python, but for Perl there is quite some test
infrastructure in the main Perl package... Then there are regular
Perl packages that are extensions to the test suite. These would require
the test modules from core Perl then? I really wouldnt want to figure 
out what to keep and what to drop, and spend a lot of effort getting
the dependencies right.

Also this is an infinite source of upstream "It's Gentoo, we don't
support that because they do weird stuff" bugs.

tl;dr: no



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Andreas K. Hüttel
dilfridge@gentoo.org
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