Stephen Kitt writes ("Re: DEP8 tests using the built package source"):
> (Hi Ian, I'm adding you to the discussion since I'm talking about changes to
> DEP8. I've snipped the exchanges but I hope you can get the gist of it
> without needing to spend time looking anything else up!)Hi. Sorry about the delay replying. > What bothers me is that the current DEP8 spec says that packages can rely on > having their source tree in the built state by stating "Restrictions: > build-needed", but effectively that imposes too much of a burden on the > testing infrastructure. (That's not a complaint, I don't think we should > require another buildd network to run tests, at least not until we've got as > much test code as binary-targeted source code.) It's the kind of expectation > that makes sense in a "traditional" CI setting (e.g. Jenkins with Maven for > Java projects, where the project is built and its tests run in the same > environment), but with DEP8's aim of testing the installed binaries it seems > less useful to me. Wouldn't it make sense to change DEP8 to encourage > building whatever is strictly required for the tests, and perhaps drop > "build-needed" altogether? I have no objection to wording pointing out that some test runners might skip tests which specify "build-needed". I don't think removing the tag entirely is a good idea. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/21291.1247.261833.715...@chiark.greenend.org.uk
