Re: Summary of discussion regarding improvements needed in autopkgtest and britney

2018-06-14 Thread Ian Jackson
Paul Gevers writes ("Summary of discussion regarding improvements needed in autopkgtest and britney"): > 2.a. If autopkgtest is told which packages are needed from unstable > (even with the exact version) to have a coherent set, it doesn't need to > guess what is a reasonable solution for

Summary of discussion regarding improvements needed in autopkgtest and britney

2018-06-13 Thread Paul Gevers
Hi all, The last couple of days I have been discussing with you via e-mail and IRC (much thanks to those involved) about current issues of autopkgtest running tests for britney. I'll summarize my view of it in this e-mail with the pro's and con's of different solutions and my proposed way forward