On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 19:49 +0100, Vincent Torri wrote : > > > 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 ?
I'm not sure what you mean exactly, but anyway: the testsuite is run when the package is built for at least eina and ecore. Cheers, -- Albin Tonnerre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
