En Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 12:17:28PM +0100, RVP escribió: > On Tue, 20 Oct 2026, Ramiro Aceves wrote: > > > Just a question about how pkgsrc development works in NetBSD. I have seen > > many > > program crashes just at the moment of starting them during my 3 years of > > NetBSD use. > > Does it mean that auto builders only test the programs for compiling ok but > > no one checks if the program actually works fine? > > > > Unless it's a package that they use regularly, I don't think the builders > (or even the maintainers too that matter) test every feature and toggle in > a program. That's just not feasible for a small team like NetBSD's. At most, > they'll just see if the program loads and that basic functionality's working. > > For anything else, they rely on users reporting bugs. In this instance, you > can almost see what's happened. Somewhere along the line, Rhythmbox grew a new > Grilo dependency, while some other library was still depending on an older > version of the same library, and no one on the NetBSD side ticked a > non-default > check-box in years (which may only have been done when the dependency was > initially brought in). > > > [...] or whether it is only a matter of lack of human resources. > > > > That's it. Lack of eyeballs. Post a PR as a good citizen. > > -RVP
Thanks RVP for explaining the details. I will contribute as I have been doing reporting every failure I encounter on normal use. Thanks so much. Ramiro.
