Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages with optional test dependencies

2013-01-06 Thread Matthew Thode
On 01/06/2013 06:56 AM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > I forgot to mention that (a) is what the Ruby team has been doing up > to now -- it feels a bit more cumbersome in some cases, but it's > definitely easier to spot the problems from the start than finding > them months after adding the package of

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages with optional test dependencies

2013-01-06 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
I forgot to mention that (a) is what the Ruby team has been doing up to now -- it feels a bit more cumbersome in some cases, but it's definitely easier to spot the problems from the start than finding them months after adding the package of the tree. Especially if you change your mind and decide t

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages with optional test dependencies

2013-01-06 Thread hasufell
I agree with "a". A problem with "b" is: the user might install one of those "optional dependencies" later, but that will not trigger a rebuild of the other package and another run through the test phase. I would find "c" a bit confusing. The most elegant way would probably be to trigger a remerge

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages with optional test dependencies

2013-01-06 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
Go for a. The widest and more consistent the testing, the better. Otherwise the day after tomorrow you'll get a bug from me that with $foo installed, $bar fails tests. Diego Elio Pettenò — Flameeyes flamee...@flameeyes.eu — http://blog.flameeyes.eu/ On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Michał Górny