[gentoo-dev] Re: Remember: workarounds don't warrant RESO FIXED!

2008-11-19 Thread Diego E. 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
Ryan Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Also relevant question: some tests require root privileges. What we >> should do in such case? > > When I asked this previously I was told to check the current user's > permissions before running them. I haven't had a case where I've had > to though. On l

[gentoo-dev] Re: Remember: workarounds don't warrant RESO FIXED!

2008-11-19 Thread Ryan Hill
On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:52:25 +0300 Peter Volkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > В Вск, 16/11/2008 в 15:33 -0600, Ryan Hill пишет: > > > > > - FEATURES=test failures; > > > > And what we are supposed to do if upstream states that tests

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Remember: workarounds don't warrant RESO FIXED!

2008-11-19 Thread Alec Warner
On 11/17/08, Peter Volkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > В Вск, 16/11/2008 в 15:33 -0600, Ryan Hill пишет: > > > > > - FEATURES=test failures; > > > > And what we are supposed to do if upstream states that tests are not > supposed

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Remember: workarounds don't warrant RESO FIXED!

2008-11-17 Thread Peter Volkov
В Вск, 16/11/2008 в 15:33 -0600, Ryan Hill пишет: > > > - FEATURES=test failures; > And what we are supposed to do if upstream states that tests are not supposed to be ran on users systems and exists for package development only? Fo

[gentoo-dev] Re: Remember: workarounds don't warrant RESO FIXED!

2008-11-16 Thread Ryan Hill
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:24:34 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò) wrote: > Guys, please remember that if you work something around, you should > _not_ close the bug as RESO FIXED but keep the bug open so that the > issue can be addressed and fixed _properly_. Otherwise we'll end up

[gentoo-dev] Re: Remember: workarounds don't warrant RESO FIXED!

2008-11-16 Thread Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
Serkan Kaba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think, resolving as UPSTREAM might be more logical as we can't force > every upstream to fix their *borked* build system and the bug will be > left open forever. If upstream refuses to fix an issue that _is an issue_ we have to fix it, not work it aroun