[gentoo-dev] Re: File collisions

[Steve Long <slong@rathaus.eclipse.co.uk>]

Ioannis Aslanidis wrote:
> On 4/19/07, Steve Long wrote:
>> On the issue of QA, I think enabling FEATURES="collision-detect" by
>> default would do a lot more good at this stage than "test". There are
>> several packages I have come across where this has picked up files not
>> being removed from earlier versions. It's a reasonable default to have
>> and doesn't involve delaying users since it takes a fraction of a second
>> to carry out. What I'd propose is that portage runs the collision-detect
>> and reports it, but continues the installation in the same manner as now.
>>
>> This could tie into an automated report at a later stage.
> 
> Do you mean to report a 'QA notice' instead of halting the merge?
> Well, actually halting the merge is a required feature, so maybe the
> QA notice should be added always straightway, not bound to the
> FEATURE.
> 
Yes, that's what I meant, sorry for being unclear. The collision-detect
should run by default, and report a QA error, only halting if the FEATURE
is set.

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