On Sun, Nov 04, 2012 at 07:01:12PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > It looks like we have already 68 packages in the Debian archive shipping > autopkgtest [1] tests, which is great! But unfortunately only 3 of them > declare the presence of the testsuite adding the recommended [2] > "XS-Testsuite: autopkgtest" header to their source stanza in > debian/control. > > The dd-list of packages shipping autopkgtest tests but lacking the > header is attached. Please let me know if you notice any false positive. > > I'd like to go ahead with a "Severity: wishlist" mass bug filing to > kindly ask maintainers to add the missing header. The proposed mail > template for mass-bug is attached. I think this sounds like a great idea, +1 to that. > > To avoid new instances of the problem in the future, I've also requested > a new lintian check [3]. In the meantime it'd be useful to ask > maintainers to add XS-Testsuite where needed. > > > Many thanks to Holger Levsen for setting up http://jenkins.debian.net/ > and initiating this discussion on -qa [4], and to Jakub Wilk for making > me realize how many autopkgtest-enabled packages we already have in the > archive. > > Cheers. > > [1]: http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/autopkgtest.html > [2]: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=autopkgtest/autopkgtest.git;a=blob_plain;f=doc/README.package-tests;hb=HEAD > [3]: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692282 > [4]: https://lists.debian.org/debian-qa/2012/11/msg00009.html > -- > Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . zack@upsilon.cc . . . . o . . . o . o > Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . . . o o > Debian Project Leader . . . . . . @zack on identi.ca . . o o o . . . o . > « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club » > [ This is an automated bug report, submitted as part of the mass bug > filing discussed at TODO-ADD-URL-TO-DEVEL-THREAD-HERE ] > > According to the Contents file, #PACKAGE# ships a test suite for the > autopkgtest testing framework [1]. Thanks a bunch for that, those test > suites are a great way to improve the overall quality of the Debian > archive! > > However, the presence of test suites in packages should be easily > discoverable, to allow test runners to pick suitable packages and run > their test suites. According to the autopkgtest specification [2], if > you ship an autopkgtest test suite you should add the following header > to the *source stanza* of your debian/control file: > > XS-Testsuite: autopkgtest > > It seems that #PACKAGE# lacks such a header. > Can you please add it? > > Thanks for considering, > Cheers. > > > [1]: http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/autopkgtest.html > [2]: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=autopkgtest/autopkgtest.git;a=blob_plain;f=doc/README.package-tests;hb=HEAD Content of the bug looks great to me too. Love the idea. Cheers, Paul -- .''`. Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@debian.org> : :' : Proud Debian Developer `. `'` 4096R / 8F04 9AD8 2C92 066C 7352 D28A 7B58 5B30 807C 2A87 `- http://people.debian.org/~paultag
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