[aur-general] Long check() function in AUR packages

[Eric Bélanger]

On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Anatol Pomozov <anatol.pomozov at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am a big proponent of using automation testing. Tests saved me many
> times at my $dayjob projects. That is why I strongly believe that
> every arch package should have check() function - it is better find a
> problem at build time, rather than get a crash while running the
> application.
>
> But some projects have quite large test suites. v8,rethinkdb,tup-git
> are examples - their tests take 10 minutes or even more. Some AUR
> users complain that it is too long. Even worse - there can be flaky
> tests that work fine for me but fail for some users.
>
> What is the best practices in this situation? I see a few possible answers:
> 1) Tell users relax and enjoy running tests. Tests are for their own good.
> 2) Tell users to disable (!check) option in /etc/makepkg.conf
>


They can also use the --nocheck option when running makepkg.



> 3) Maybe AUR install scripts (like yaourt) should not run tests at
> installation time? Or at least make it configurable?
>
> What do you think is the best option?
>