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> will be easy to deterministically test side by side. How are you ever going to get test coverage over the massive number of possible system states and config
by themafia 5mo ago
> will be easy to deterministically test side by side.
How are you ever going to get test coverage over the massive number of possible system states and configurations? Are you going to compile every package in portage on every architecture it supports?
- hparadiz 5mo agoportage doesn't compile anything. it tells gcc et al to do stuff. the commands it runs are deterministic and the unit tests that portage comes with can easily be used. whether or not some ebuild builds on your machine is kind of between you and gcc and has nothing to do with anything gentoo. I don't really care about it being a replacement overall. I just want my own emerge command to be faster. I can't believe it's not instant like it should be.
- themafia 5mo ago> portage doesn't compile anything. it tells gcc et al to do stuff. That's a difference without distinction. Portage does patch packages. So it involves itself directly in the compilation cycle. > it runs are deterministic Well, I don't think so, but good luck to you anyways.