Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages with optional test dependencies

["Diego Elio Pettenò" <flameeyes@flameeyes.eu>]

Go for a. The widest and more consistent the testing, the better.

Otherwise the day after tomorrow you'll get a bug from me that with
$foo installed, $bar fails tests.
Diego Elio Pettenò — Flameeyes
flameeyes@flameeyes.eu — http://blog.flameeyes.eu/


On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> There are some Python packages which have a bunch of optional tests
> utilizing external packages. For example, the dev-python/logilab-common
> runs a few additional tests if dev-python/egenix-mx-base is installed;
> if the package is not installed, it just skips those tests.
>
> Those tests can't be really considered 'heavy' or in any way suggesting
> use of an additional USE flag.
>
> Do you believe that the ebuilds should:
>
> a) depend on all optional test dependencies conditionally to USE=test,
>    therefore always requesting the widest (and consistent) testing,
>
> b) not depend on the optional test dependencies, resulting in less
>    dependencies for most users but also a bit inconsistent test
>    experience,
>
> c) put the optional test dependencies behind an additional USE flag?
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Michał Górny