Re: [PATCH] gnu: gdk-pixbuf: Disable pixbuf-scale test.

[Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>]

On Sun, Feb 07, 2016 at 12:15:37PM +0100, Andreas Enge wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 06, 2016 at 03:56:24PM -0500, Leo Famulari wrote:
> > I would like another option besides disabling the test unconditionally.
> > We already have several packages that can simply not be built on
> > hardware like Jookia's, and although it's an unfortunate situation, I
> > don't think we should start disabling tests for the substitutes we build
> > for this reason. Running all the tests possible allows us to provide
> > valuable feedback to upstream.
> 
> I basically agree with your comment, which is also in line with our policy
> of following upstream as closely as possible when building packages.
> On the other hand, a simple unit test that requires 2GB of memory seems a bit
> excessive to me and could be considered a bug in the upstream package.
> How about reporting a bug upstream, Jookia? And maybe disable the test
> in the package with a comment linking to the bug report?

True, depending on the nature of the software it could be considered a
bug. There are some programs, like compression algorithm
implementations, where I think such tests can be appropriate, however.

> 
> Andreas
>