On 09/10/2013 02:27 PM, Damyan Ivanov wrote: > I want to propose the following two changes in the perl-related > debhelper support. I am also willing to write the patches, but before > I try that, I want to discuss this a bit, as it would affect all of > the group's packages. > > * export AUTOMATED_TESTING=1 when invoking the test system > > This would follow the recommendations of the Lancaster consensus and > should generally help upstream help us. > > * run tests in verbose mode > > this would help in situations where a sub-test hangs, and the buildd > kills it. Knowing after which sub-test the hang happens is useful > debugging clue. Also, having the diagnostic messages that are shown > only in verbose mode can be useful. > > This has the drawback of enlarging the build log, but I don't think > this is a serious concern. I don't really understand "the Lancaster consensus", but what you're proposing to do sounds reasonable to me. Thanks for thinking about this, and for offering to work on it. --dkg
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