On Sun, 19 Dec 2010, Albin Tonnerre wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 09:11 +0100, Vincent Torri wrote : >> tests are for developpers, not packagers > > That is terribly wrong. Packagers care about testsuites for one simple reason: > as thoroughly as developers may be testing the code, that will never guarantee > proper behaviour on the system on which the code is built. > > When creating packages for Debian, I /do/ care about the testsuites because > the testsuite not failing is the only reliable thing telling me the lib is not > utterly broken on the system it is being built on. > > I understand users not listening or unwilling to fix the suite to fit their > needs is a pain, but let's not make it an even greater pain for people who > just > want to use it and manage to. Things have improved a lot as far as packaging > is > concerned in the last months, and this is clearly a step backwards. > > Please reconsider your decision. are you packaging the test suite ? Vincent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
