Hi, On 5/27/26 21:39, Jérémy Lal wrote:
running a test suite during build is something that feels more and more useless, given debci.
In my view, build time tests and as-installed tests serve different purposes.
During build, you want to ensure that what you build is indeed working and you want to prevent installing a broken package.
As-installed tests ensure that *what is installed* works *and keeps on working* in the ecosystem it lives in. A lot of packages run the same set of tests, but that's not necessarily the right choice.
Is it time to let the tests be done by debci only ?
I don't think there is a yes/no answer. It depends, and probably also depend on the preferences of the maintainers. Some people don't like autopkgtest because of $reasons.
An alternative question is, is there a way to automate the bootstrapping process ?We have build profiles, but no way of processing them automatically, do we ?
Buildds won't run with build profiles, no, but I'd think that debusine probably supports that (or could with not too much effort).
Paul
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