On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 10:55:10PM +0000, Andrew Benton wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:02:25 +0000 > > > part the second: questions on testing > > > > 1. Where a testsuite is designed to be used by the upstream > > developers and doesn't compile any test programs, should we even > > mention it, or should we add some boilerplate like "the testsuite is > > intended for the package's developers" ? > > Sounds good to me.
What I really meant was to add an include for this. But, I'm thinking that these sort of things *do* change in newer releases. I'm now wondering if that will make updating packages harder rather than easier. Perhaps just finding another package with a suitable form of words to copy might be easier - it would certainly be more obvious when looking at the xml. > > > 2. Is it worth differentiating the varieties of no-testsuite > > packages ? Some don't know what to do for 'make check', others > > happily run through all their subdirectories doing nothing.? > > If it has a make check target that doesn't do anything just say it > doesn't have a testsuite. OK. That's what Wayne has done in the gnome-3 packages. One less thing to worry about! > > > ĸen - currently running metacity as his wm : can't say I like it, > > but it's usable. The wallpaper (sundown dunes) with an old version > > of xsnow running in front of it amuses me. Perhaps I'm already too > > far gone for this caper. > > Still running xsnow? I stopped 2 weeks ago, but then I'm bitter and > cynical ;) > > Andy I run it from December (but not with santa at first, nor since the end of Xmas) - it reminds me of when I was able to enjoy XC skiing, and also reminds me to keep an eye on the Eurosport TV schedules for XC skiing and related sports. If there was an xcycling I'd probably run that for the rest of the year ;-) /me ambles away as a 16 ton weight descends towards me for going off-topic. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
