Re: <DKIM> Re: packaging Q: package tests have dependencies

[Julien Puydt <julien.puydt@laposte.net>]

Hi,

Le 15/09/2015 09:50, Jonathon Love a écrit :
> On 15/09/2015 8:16 am, Julien Puydt wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Le 14/09/2015 21:42, Jonathon Love a écrit :
> > > hi,
> > >
> > > i'm working on packaging the BayesFactor R package, but the first line
> > > in it calls
> > >
> > > library(testthat)
> > >
> > > this isn't needed by the package, and so isn't listed as a dependency.
> > > do i need to add this as a dependency, just for the tests?
> > >
> > > with thanks
> > >
> > > jonathon
> >
> > I would say yes, as you're supposed to run the tests as part of the
> > build process.
> >
> > Snark on #debian-science
>
> thanks. so i would only put it in build dependencies (source
> dependencies), and not the dependency for the binary?
>
> with thanks

I think you want the tests to run after the software has been built and 
before it is put into packages, to check for correctness.

Snark on #debian-science