On 10/10/2017 8:07 PM, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 08:03:21PM -0300, James Almer wrote:
>> On 10/10/2017 7:58 PM, Diego Biurrun wrote:
>>> This feature was never used for anything.
>>
>> Was a fate client ever set with it? Because it's great to find missing
>> dependencies on new modules (be it configure deps, object entries in
>> Makefile, or FATE test deps if you don't make it a build only run) by
>> disabling random things each time it runs.
> 
> I believe that is better achieved by testing that all internal components
> build standalone. I (ir)regularly run a script that does exactly that.
> Has this feature ever reliably detected bugs within a reasonable timeframe?

If run several times it should be able to detect mistakes in Oracle
within a day. Even a full fate run wouldn't take long given it disables
plenty of things each time.

In any case, since it's a developer feature, if nobody is really using
it then i guess it can go.

> 
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