Packages with missing %check

[Miloslav Trmač]

2014-02-26 17:46 GMT+01:00 Matthias Clasen <mclasen at redhat.com>:

> On Wed, 2014-02-26 at 16:58 +0100, Miloslav Trmač wrote:> That seems to be
> optimizing for bugs that break the boot, when bugs
> > that occur in less-frequently used parts of the system are far more
> > common; a lot of software is not used, or not critical, in the boot
> > path.
>
> It is optimizing for answering the most important question first, which
> is: Can I tag this build / push this to the thousands of developers and
> testers which be blocked from testing the less-frequently used parts of
> the system if their system doesn't boot anymore after the upgrade.
>

Are you saying that the boot path should have tests, and the
less-frequently used parts of the system should be verified by seeing
whether any human users notice breakage?  I don't think "if it boots, ship
it" is an acceptable quality target.
    Mirek
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