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

2009-10-07 Thread Ryan Hill
On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:46:36 +0200 Gilles Dartiguelongue 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 > > users. Dbus'

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

2009-10-07 Thread Ryan Hill
On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 13:36:47 +0200 Patrick Lauer 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 FYI, building g

[gentoo-dev] Lastrite: media-video/qc-usb

2009-10-07 Thread Gilles Dartiguelongue
# Gilles Dartiguelongue (8 Oct 2009) # Obsolete. Supported by in-kernel driver qspca_stv06xx. # Masked for removal, see bug #286818. media-video/qc-usb It supported 3 device id's which have been supported by in-kernel gspca drivers for quite a while. Also, it compiled with 2.6.30 kernel but was

[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' c

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

2009-10-07 Thread Jeroen Roovers
On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 20:38:18 -0600 Ryan Hill wrote: > 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 extreme, as it builds-in functions > that are useful for unit testing, b

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

2009-10-07 Thread 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 extreme, as it builds-in functions that are useful for > unit tes

[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

Re: [gentoo-dev] Unused ebuild built_with_use cleanup

2009-10-07 Thread Stelian Ionescu
On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 16:32 +0300, Petteri Räty wrote: > I wrote a script to check which ebuilds use built_with_use and have > keywords in never versions making the ebuild unused. This means that > neither arch or ~arch users are likely to install the ebuild. The script > and the list of ebuilds is

Re: [gentoo-dev] Unused ebuild built_with_use cleanup

2009-10-07 Thread Marijn Schouten (hkBst)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Petteri Räty wrote: > I wrote a script to check which ebuilds use built_with_use and have > keywords in never versions making the ebuild unused. This means that > neither arch or ~arch users are likely to install the ebuild. The script > and the list o

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
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 arch-tes

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

2009-10-07 Thread Tobias Klausmann
Hi! On Tue, 06 Oct 2009, Ryan Hill wrote: > [... separate testing flag/feature for > complicated/long/somehwat broken test suites ...] > [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/287722 I agree. However, some of the cases aren't quite clear-cut. Take, for example fftw. Its test suite takes about half an hour o