On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 12:08:25PM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote: > maintainer didn't really test the package after installing it because > it was too much trouble. If it can be standardised and automated, and > if a way can be found for Ubuntu to share tests with Debian, then > everyone wins.
piuparts is a first answer to that: it allows maintainer to check that their package will install, remove and upgrade in a clean environnement. > > If Ubuntu want to improve the testing coverage, you could start by > > submitting patches to packages that don't run test-suite in > > debian/rules. That would profit both Debian and Ubuntu and there are > > lot of work to do there. > > Running the upstream test suite in debian/rules usually isn't the > answer to packaging mistakes, library mismanglements, and the like. There is no reason to restrict debian/rules to upstream test-suite? Cheers, Bill. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
