From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add ffmpeg. Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 00:12:54 +0100 Message-ID: <87mwkltrex.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20131031221901.GA21979@debian> <87mwln66dr.fsf@gnu.org> <20131102074708.GA18924@debian> <20131127225054.GA11343@debian> <20131130204426.GA4174@debian> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53738) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vmtih-0001Wr-JH for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Nov 2013 18:13:09 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vmtia-0003Of-Sp for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Nov 2013 18:13:02 -0500 Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr ([192.134.164.104]:23489) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vmtia-0003Oa-M2 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Nov 2013 18:12:56 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20131130204426.GA4174@debian> (Andreas Enge's message of "Sat, 30 Nov 2013 21:44:26 +0100") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Andreas Enge Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Andreas Enge skribis: > On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 11:50:54PM +0100, Andreas Enge wrote: >> I just submitted a bug report for the failure on i686: >> https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/3177#no1 > > Well, it looks as if "make check" is not the preferred way of testing ffm= peg. > Rather, one should download about 750 MB of video samples and run a speci= fic > test program on them (that can be built and run with "make fate"); see the > replies to the bug report. Ouch, indeed. > For Guix, it does not seem to be reasonable to either download 750 MB of > test data, or to package them, so I would suggest to disable the tests > for now. > > What do you think? Is it really the case that that much needs to be downloaded before the slightest test can be run? The samples wouldn=E2=80=99t really have to be =E2=80=9Cpackaged=E2=80=9D: = they=E2=80=99d just be an input. For someone using substitutes, the samples are not going to be a problem (because they=E2=80=99ll never be downloaded.) However, it is inde= ed a problem when building things locally. Anyway, I agree that it=E2=80=99s a major inconvenience, but I wonder if we should be concerned about shipping without testing. What do people think? Ludo=E2=80=99.