On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Richard Brown wrote: > > > On 07/08/07, Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > in an ideal world, yes ... in the real world however, i wouldnt > > > > trust it > > > > > > You wouldn't trust what, exactly? A dev to install a package they're > > > bumping? > > > > you cant tell me the build experience a dev goes through mirrors > > exactly the same experience very user sees > > Which is why it's so important to catch failures.
yes, it's important to catch *important* failures. a missing doc is generally not such a failure. > Something that builds > correctly for a developer may not build correctly for a user, so being > strict will help prevent users from installing a broken package. it's up to the dev to determine what determines a broken package. a missing TODO in the doc tree does not a broken package make. perhaps it'd be useful to introduce an "anal_die". developers run anal tests, users get sane tests. -mike
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