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Re: Tests/specs removed from upstream gems



On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 01:56:34PM +0800, Scott Leggett wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been looking at updating the rake package and noticed that upstream
> no longer ships tests in the gem, however tests still exist in the
> github repository.
> 
> In this situation, should I stick with the upstream gem (resulting in no
> tests in Debian), or should I point debian/watch at github so that the
> tests are included in the Debian repository?
> 
> Or is there a better approach?

It is usually OK-ish to follow the github repository. We do that for
several packages already.

That said, it is way too late in the stretch cycle to be updating such a
fundamental toolchain package such as rake.

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