regression-test

[Garrett Cooper]

On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 6:39 PM, Kris Kennaway <kris at freebsd.org> wrote:
> Thierry Thomas wrote:
>>
>> Le Jeu 19 jui 08 à 19:06:36 +0200, Kris Kennaway <kris at FreeBSD.org>
>>  écrivait :
>>
>>> We *want* regression tests to be available unconditionally -- that is why
>>> I added the hook to the package build process to run them if present.
>>>  Please don't hack around this because you think you're doing us a favour
>>> :-)
>>
>> I try to enable regression-test when possible, but the current
>> implementation is a post-build target, and some ports' testings need a
>> post-install target. In these cases, I enclose the regression-test
>> target between .ifdef MAINTAINER_MODE.
>
> I'd say those ports are broken; conceptually, you should be testing whether
> or not your port works *before* you install it, not after.
>
> Kris

Agreed. Functionality verification is a requirement for acceptance in
any release structure, not the other way around.
-Garrett