On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 04:53:16PM +0200, Björn Persson wrote: > Matthew Garrett wrote: > > Unless the checking is part of autoqa this simply isn't > > sufficient. There's a huge benefit to implementing it in the way that's > > easiest for maintainers. > > The earlier a problem is detected, the cheaper it is to fix. If I have > understood AutoQA right, it gets involved only after I submit a package to > updates-testing. Even better, when possible, is to detect problems during the > build, so that I notice them when I test-build locally and can fix them before > I even commit the changes to Git. Some checks are already done at build time, > and Steve's points 1, 2 and 4 look like they should be possible to detect at > build time too. Checking at build time is a developer aid, but doesn't prevent mistakes from slipping into the distribution. Having both would certainly be helpful. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
