Path: csiph.com!news.samoylyk.net!gothmog.csi.it!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Julian Gilbey Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: Policy Change Proposal: Running the upstream test suite Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 23:50:01 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Mon Jul 29 21:40:03 2024 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.2 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, LDO_WHITELIST=-5] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -4.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/22163 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/ZqgMIvyNCChkBRTp@d-and-j.net Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 11 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Cc: debian-python@lists.debian.org X-Original-Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 22:39:46 +0100 X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-References: <02D3B06F-D4BC-48BE-A0D4-191C6FFBBFD8@kitterman.com> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:16125 On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 12:07:27PM +0000, Scott Kitterman wrote: > I understand the theory and why it's a good idea to run the test suite. I don't think it ought to be a hard requirement. I have several packages where there's a test suite, but I don't run it: > [...] Here's another case: the package has to be fully installed for the test suite to work. So the tests can't be run at build time, only at autopkgtest time. Best wishes, Julian