Gioele Barabucci:
Package: debhelper
Version: 13.8
t/Test/DH.pm contains a test runner as well as various utilities for the
testing of debhelper steps.
It would be nice that file were included in the package and installed so
that other debhelper addons could use it by simply Build-Depending on
debhelper instead of having to copy it.
Regards
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Gioele Barabucci
Hi,
I am open to patches on this front.
Note that Test::DH does two things at once in its current form:
1) Provide various helpers that are generally useful for testing dh
commands
2) Help debhelper's own testsuite bootstrap itself and locate the
self hosted debhelper.
And notably 2) is not helpful to others in its current form. They will
need a different variant where they can specify how to find their
debhelper tooling and combine that with the system debhelper. At least
the `$ROOT_DIR` variable assumes debhelper's internal package layout.
And others do not always put their scripts in the source root directory
(instead stuff them into subdirectories).
For the template feature, we probably want to make at least
`debian/compat` optional as (except debhelper itself) no one really uses
`debian/compat` anymore - but Test::DH assumes it is always present.
The `run_dh_tool` function should probably be aligned more with `doit`
(e.g. use `update_env` instead of `env` for changing environment), so it
is easier for new people to get started with using it.
Additionally, the module would need some documentation, so people can
figure out how to use it.
Thanks,
~Niels
