On Fri, 2015-09-25 at 13:27 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
[…]
Even though the tests may not have caught this problem it does seem a
pity that the tests are not run on every commit or relatively closely
timed group of commits.
[…]
Maybe it would be a good move for the dnf team to reflect
on this
recent episode and see if there are some tests that can be put in place
to try and avoid a recurrence. There may not be, but it would be good
if there were.
[…]
> Certainly it's always good to keep improving the test
suites, though
> I
> find it difficult to assume that any failure of a test to catch a bug
> means the tests are 'sub-standard'. Testing is hard, and nobody's
> perfect.
Very true. I perhaps got a wee bit over aggressive in phrasing. Also
Rawhide users are effectively the user QA team so must expect the
occasional cock up. Just now I cannot get a graphical login, only
terminal ones, but this sort of thing is to be expected from time to
time. dnf though holds a special place and so there is justification
for much more emphasis on workingness before being released to the
repository.
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