Dear Pallav,
how about using a dedicated eclass for arch-testing?
E.g., you might provide a function in some eclass
that only runs when called from pkg_postinst [1]
phase AND when some configuration option is set.
Then a maintainer / arch tester might provide
the tests inside the ebuild director
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