[gentoo-dev] Continuous Stabilization (Regarding Post Install Test Scripts)

2016-05-19 Thread Pallav Agarwal
This is a continuation of "[gentoo-dev] Proposal for changes for the next EAPI version" thread. Since the former subject isn't very relevant anymore. Target: A place to provide scripts that can be used by an automated arch-tester bot to stabilize Gentoo packages. These scripts can be as simple as

Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposal for changes for the next EAPI version

2016-05-17 Thread Pallav Agarwal
On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 4:27 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 5:15 AM, Kent Fredric > wrote: > > On 17 May 2016 at 20:46, Tobias Klausmann wrote: > >> And as for my pet peeve, tests that are known to fail, can we >

Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposal for changes for the next EAPI version

2016-05-17 Thread Pallav Agarwal
y 17, 2016 at 2:16 PM, Tobias Klausmann <klaus...@gentoo.org> wrote: > Hi! > > On Tue, 17 May 2016, Kent Fredric wrote: > > > On 17 May 2016 at 19:37, Pallav Agarwal <pallavagarwa...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > For normal users we wouldn't. But currently

Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposal for changes for the next EAPI version

2016-05-17 Thread Pallav Agarwal
@aixah.de> wrote: > On Mon, 16 May 2016 18:13:33 +0530 > Pallav Agarwal <pallavagarwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > What I'm suggesting is to add a new function post_install_test. The > > function will run only if the build is being run for stabilization > > (eith

[gentoo-dev] Proposal for changes for the next EAPI version

2016-05-16 Thread Pallav Agarwal
it uses external applications to test the one being built. I wanted to know other opinions on this matter. Thanks, Pallav Agarwal