[aur-general] away

[Jeremiah Dodds]

Ike Devolder <ike.devolder at gmail.com> writes:

> Op woensdag 1 augustus 2012 11:49:58 schreef Dave Reisner:
>> On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 05:47:17PM +0200, Ike Devolder wrote:
>> > Op maandag 30 juli 2012 06:43:52 schreef Xyne:
>> > > Ike Devolder wrote:
>> > > >Hi,
>> > > >
>> > > >I'll be away for a couple of days, normally everything should get
>> > > >updated
>> > > >automatically while i'm out.
>> > > 
>> > > How are you updating things automatically?
>> > > 
>> > > 
>> > > Regards,
>> > > Xyne
>> > 
>> > cronjobs on a server :)
>> > i have to add more but most are already to be found:
>> > https://github.com/BlackIkeEagle/archbuild
>> > 
>> > --Ike
>> 
>> So you're blindly signing and pushing packages based on the fact that
>> they compile?
>
> yes why not ?
>
> --Ike

As mentioned elsewhere in the thread, compiling != working.

I bet that a fair portion of testing the functionality of a given
package could be automated minus needing to write what defines
acceptance for a given package.

I doubt that you could reliably automate functionality testing for all
packages, but quite a few...

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Jeremiah Dodds

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