<snip> > The *only* downside that I can see here is that by default the package > installation process gets a little longer. To get around this some > method of globally opting out of src_test should be provided to the end > user, however since it is an on by default feature someone at least has > *tried* the test suite. </snip>
More to the point a facility to opt out either on a per-package basis or globally should be allowed. But that is an implementation detail not a specification one. The spec should say that running src_test is default. There is nothing in that statement that says that there shouldn't be a way to turn it off if the end user doesn't want it. Take paludis for example, with SKIP_FUNCTIONS you can already do this with a simple case statement, that however as I said is implementation specific not a spec issue. --Dan
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