From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: package and testing rant (was Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal) Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:02:11 -0600 Message-ID: <85389ol5d8.fsf@stephe-leake.org> References: <87a943umku.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87ppcvm7fj.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <87vbmndk46.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87wq72ls2h.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> <87k332lnn3.fsf_-_@ferrier.me.uk> <87y4rhuant.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <87fvdpkerg.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> <87y4rhirsa.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1415811797 3041 80.91.229.3 (12 Nov 2014 17:03:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 17:03:17 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 12 18:03:07 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XobJz-0006Lk-47 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 18:03:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55926 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XobJy-00046H-21 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:03:06 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36007) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XobJF-0003hR-Ge for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:02:27 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XobJ8-0002jm-SE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:02:21 -0500 Original-Received: from dnvrco-outbound-snat.email.rr.com ([107.14.73.229]:36102 helo=dnvrco-oedge-vip.email.rr.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XobJ8-0002jJ-N2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:02:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [70.94.38.149] ([70.94.38.149:52517] helo=TAKVER) by dnvrco-oedge02 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.5.0.35861 r(Momo-dev:tip)) with ESMTP id 20/1B-02447-59293645; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 17:02:13 +0000 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:14:17 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.94 (windows-nt) X-RR-Connecting-IP: 107.14.64.130:25 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=ddUO3Bne c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=AppmJ/7ZOOFWL/q6u6u93g==:117 a=AppmJ/7ZOOFWL/q6u6u93g==:17 a=ayC55rCoAAAA:8 a=fNEgcOh0sVsA:10 a=9i_RQKNPAAAA:8 a=3YTF_L3bI_xlHqaYCnUA:9 a=JIWoFCHI_ysA:10 a=_D-R4L4g3R0A:10 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 107.14.73.229 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:176827 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> That's right. But because the build isn't exposed people don't test >> their packages and this bit is never tested. > > How would you ideally like to see it exposed? It should be in the elpa.git Makefile and/or associated scripts, so developers can run it on their machine for testing. Is there part of the current build that is not in elpa.git? -- -- Stephe