On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 02:00:18AM +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > Packages that have a test-suite should always call it. Most > autotool-ed packages have a "check" target to run and that's it. It > would help tracking down regressions from the build logs, and would > avoid breakages like recently the grep one.
> Most of the sensitives packages in debian already run the testsuite > (libc, compilers, git, whatever...) and I can tell as a libc packager > that this already has been proven invaluable. Why does this belong as a release goal? Do you really think that enabling testsuites in packages should be grounds for a zero-day NMU? What steps will you be taking to ensure that NMUers don't enable testsuites that are known to be broken? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
