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| author |   Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> | 2017-05-07 20:58:56 +0200 |
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| committer |   Göktürk Yüksek <gokturk@gentoo.org> | 2017-08-24 14:58:01 -0400 |
| commit | 727424254a8bff2c1339569b9e0091809e764c6c (patch) | |
| tree | 2e6601ff5d5b7df4a64c2a98ab531f865e281529 /ebuild-writing | |
| parent | ebuild-writing/.../src_test: Do not suggest blanking src_test() (diff) | |
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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.
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| -rw-r--r-- | ebuild-writing/functions/src_test/text.xml | 6 |
1 files 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 <c>RESTRICT="test"</c> in the ebuild. <note> 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. </note> </body> </section> |