From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 696461396D1 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 19:02:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 702A2E0D34; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 19:02:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4E06EE0D34 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 19:02:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oystercatcher.gentoo.org (unknown [IPv6:2a01:4f8:202:4333:225:90ff:fed9:fc84]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4507B33FE7D for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 19:02:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by oystercatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB866814D for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 19:02:04 +0000 (UTC) From: "Göktürk Yüksek" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Göktürk Yüksek" Message-ID: <1503601081.727424254a8bff2c1339569b9e0091809e764c6c.gokturk@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/devmanual:master commit in: ebuild-writing/functions/src_test/ X-VCS-Repository: proj/devmanual X-VCS-Files: ebuild-writing/functions/src_test/text.xml X-VCS-Directories: ebuild-writing/functions/src_test/ X-VCS-Committer: gokturk X-VCS-Committer-Name: Göktürk Yüksek X-VCS-Revision: 727424254a8bff2c1339569b9e0091809e764c6c X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 19:02:04 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 6078bd97-0008-4e07-bea2-7bb189d2a0b7 X-Archives-Hash: 8d4c4b37b89949d5ef1f315d11352a96 commit: 727424254a8bff2c1339569b9e0091809e764c6c Author: Michał Górny gentoo org> AuthorDate: Sun May 7 18:58:56 2017 +0000 Commit: Göktürk Yüksek gentoo org> CommitDate: Thu Aug 24 18:58:01 2017 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=72742425 ebuild-writing/.../src_test: Improve the broken test suite explanation Broken test suite is *not* worse than no tests. It just requires significantly more effort from the developers analazying the results. ebuild-writing/functions/src_test/text.xml | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ebuild-writing/functions/src_test/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/functions/src_test/text.xml index f43fae0..f058006 100644 --- a/ebuild-writing/functions/src_test/text.xml +++ b/ebuild-writing/functions/src_test/text.xml @@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ setting RESTRICT="test" in the ebuild. If upstream provide a test suite which doesn't work, consider talking -to them about getting it fixed. A broken test suite is worse than no -test suite at all, since we are unable to tell whether a test failure -indicates a genuine fault. +to them about getting it fixed. A broken test suite requires developers +to investigate each test failure in order to determine whether it is +genuine or indicates a broken test.