Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: USE=qa-test

2009-10-17 Thread Peter Volkov
В Срд, 14/10/2009 в 22:12 -0600, Ryan Hill пишет: On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:11:14 +0200 Peter Hjalmarsson x...@rymdraket.net wrote: Sorry for reviving an old thread, but was there any progress on this topic? A week isn't old. ;) I'll add it once the flu and homework let up for a minute.

[gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: USE=qa-test

2009-10-17 Thread Ryan Hill
On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:30:20 +0400 Peter Volkov p...@gentoo.org wrote: В Срд, 14/10/2009 в 22:12 -0600, Ryan Hill пишет: On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:11:14 +0200 Peter Hjalmarsson x...@rymdraket.net wrote: Sorry for reviving an old thread, but was there any progress on this topic? A

[gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: USE=qa-test

2009-10-11 Thread Peter Hjalmarsson
Sorry for reviving an old thread, but was there any progress on this topic? With packages as dbus that breaks with FEATURES/USE=test hand in hand with packages like dev-libs/gmp[1] there would really be nice to know if you are supposed to be screwed or helped by FEATURES/USE=test... [1](from

[gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: USE=qa-test

2009-10-07 Thread Duncan
Ryan Hill posted on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:38:18 -0600 as excerpted: I'd like to propose a new USE flag, qa-test or a better name, to handle these cases in a consistent way. This would give us a way to differentiate between tests that everyone should run and tests that only devs and

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: USE=qa-test

2009-10-07 Thread Patrick Lauer
On Wednesday 07 October 2009 13:13:31 Duncan wrote: Ryan Hill posted on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:38:18 -0600 as excerpted: I'd like to propose a new USE flag, qa-test or a better name, to handle these cases in a consistent way. This would give us a way to differentiate between tests that

[gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: USE=qa-test

2009-10-07 Thread Duncan
Patrick Lauer posted on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:36:47 +0200 as excerpted: Now I see this proposal for making it a USE flag, which may or may not be more appropriate, I don't know. I do know I'd love to see someone explain the differences. It's a bit more selective. RESTRICT is a global no, this

[gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: USE=qa-test

2009-10-07 Thread Peter Hjalmarsson
ons 2009-10-07 klockan 16:46 +0200 skrev Gilles Dartiguelongue: Le mardi 06 octobre 2009 à 20:38 -0600, Ryan Hill a écrit : Some packages, like dbus[1], have testing features that, while useful for developers and arch-testers, aren't something that should be foisted on users. Dbus' case is

[gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: USE=qa-test

2009-10-07 Thread Ryan Hill
On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 13:36:47 +0200 Patrick Lauer patr...@gentoo.org wrote: On Wednesday 07 October 2009 13:13:31 Duncan wrote: The proposal then was to turn FEATURES=test on by default for a specific EAPI, ... which is never more than a proposal by people not fixing the packages. Just

[gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: USE=qa-test

2009-10-07 Thread Ryan Hill
On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:46:36 +0200 Gilles Dartiguelongue e...@gentoo.org wrote: Le mardi 06 octobre 2009 à 20:38 -0600, Ryan Hill a écrit : Some packages, like dbus[1], have testing features that, while useful for developers and arch-testers, aren't something that should be foisted on