ppisar commented on the pull-request: `Package tests` that you are following: `` I also agree that packaging the tests is costly comparing to the fact that they are already performed at build time. On the other hand the build-time tests are performed against a code in the working directory which, e.g. by a packaging mistake, can differ from a code shipped and installed by an RPM package. Hence the advantage of the packaged tests is that it indeed validates the code Fedora delivers. It also eases regression testing: You can install the tests subpackage without hassling with building from sources. That's not so difficult in case of Perl packages, but prominently soothing for complex C or Rust or Go packages. The packaged tests also open a possibility to perform a regression testing across multiple packages. This is currently achieved by Koschei, but Koschei can be quite slow, skips some architectures and the gap between packages in a build root and a testing repository can be quite large. There are prospects to execute the tests of the reverse dependencies on submitting updates into Bodhi. E.g. as part of the gating. That would catch regressions in the testing phase which is indeed the purpose of Bodhi. In contrast, Koschei sees the error after the broken package becomes stable. That's too late. And I also heard an opinion that %check phases could be completely skipped at build time and replaced with the packaged tests. That would significantly improve bootstrapping Fedora by simplifying a dependency graph for building. The tests would be performed asynchronously later. `` To reply, visit the link below https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/perl-Sys-Virt/pull-request/1 _______________________________________________ perl-devel mailing list -- perl-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to perl-devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/perl-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
