Re: On running test suites during build - and bootstrapping issue

On 2026-05-27 Paul Gevers <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 5/27/26 21:39, Jérémy Lal wrote:
> > running a test suite during build is something that feels more and more
> > useless, given debci.

> In my view, build time tests and as-installed tests serve different
> purposes.

> During build, you want to ensure that what you build is indeed working and
> you want to prevent installing a broken package.

> As-installed tests ensure that *what is installed* works *and keeps on
> working* in the ecosystem it lives in. A lot of packages run the same set of
> tests, but that's not necessarily the right choice.

Also build-time tests are cheap compared to CI since they only run once
per arch.

cu Andreas