Re: IDEA: missing-tests-pypi-error? condition

[Munyoki Kilyungi <me@bonfacemunyoki.com>]

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"jgart" <jgart@dismail.de> aliandika:

> Hi Guixers,
>
> I was recently reviewing a patch by a contributor and was discussing the notion of preferring upstream to PyPI when tests are missing on PyPI.
>
What's the policy on this.  Shouldn't we prefer
upstream over PyPI?  Sometimes, PyPI versions lag
behind upstream versions.

> WDYT if we also signalled a special condition when there are missing tests in PyPI?
>
I posit that this should be the responsibility of
the contributor.  Adding extra glue can add
unnecessary complexity.

> I'm thinking of something similar to here:
>
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/guix/import/pypi.scm?h=master#n562
>
> Maybe it can be a missing-tests-pypi-error?
>
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> jgart
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