Bug#844264: release.debian.org: Please clarify "Packages must autobuild without failure"
On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 21:19:23 +0100, Santiago Vila wrote:
> Any progress on this?
>
> In case it helps, I made a list of bugs in this FTBFS-randomly category:
>
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=ftbfs-randomly;users=sanvila@debian.org
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> In almost all cases, the failure happens because there is a test which
> fails.
>
> So: Why do we allow tests to make the package to fail if we then do
> not consider the failure to be RC?
>
> IMO, either the program is ok when the test fails, or it's not.
>
I'm afraid it's more nuanced than this, and trying to make it all white
or all black is not helpful.
Cheers,
Julien
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