* [gentoo-dev] PROPERTIES=test_network now available in git portage for packages whose only tests need Internet
@ 2021-05-19 8:21 99% Michał Górny
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From: Michał Górny @ 2021-05-19 8:21 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev-announce; +Cc: gentoo-dev
Hello, everyone.
I've just pushed support PROPERTIES=test_network to git portage. It can
now be used in ::gentoo to mark packages that are test-restricted
because their tests need to access the Internet, i.e.:
# ebuild snippet
PROPERTIES="test_network"
RESTRICT="test"
Normally, this doesn't change anything. But if you use a new enough
Portage (3.0.19+ when it's released, or 9999) and set in your make.conf:
# make.conf snippet
ALLOW_TEST="network"
Then Portage is going to unrestrict tests in the packages using the new
property, and run the test phase with network-sandbox disabled. This
way developers and arch testers can improve test coverage without
affecting users that do not wish random Internet access.
This was originally proposed to EAPI 8 as RESTRICT="network-test".
However, we've decided that by using a combination of PROPERTIES +
regular RESTRICT="test" we can add this to all EAPIs and benefit from it
immediately.
It is quite possible that future versions of Portage will allow
additional test_* properties and ALLOW_TEST values, e.g. "test_docker".
I'd say that this is an '80%' solution. Generally, if we classified
packages on a non-linear scale of 1..5 that:
1 - all tests run locally
2 - there are some insignificant tests using Internet
3 - there are some local tests and some Internet tests and both are
needed to meaningfully test the package
4 - the vast majority of tests require Internet, the few tests that run
locally are insignificant
5 - all tests require Internet
This solution addresses 4 & 5. 1 is good, for 2 it should be good
enough to deselect the few tests. 3 is unsolved right now.
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Best regards,
Michał Górny
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