On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 22:42:13 -0700 Steve Langasek <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: supervisor > Version: 4.1.0-1 > Severity: minor > Tags: patch > User: [email protected] > Usertags: origin-ubuntu focal ubuntu-patch > > Dear maintainers, > > The supervisor package currently build-depends on python3-all, which causes > its test suite to be run at build time against all supported versions of > python3. > > This is unnecessary, since supervisor is an application package and will > only ever be used at runtime against the current version of python3. > > The only reason I noticed this is because python3.8 has been added as a > supported, non-default version of python3 in Ubuntu, and supervisor 4.0.4 > was not compatible with python3.8. > > I'd suggest the attach patch, to avoid the build failing in the future on > build-time tests that are not relevant to the functioning of the binary > package.
FWIW, I disagree on this patch. I think this is exactly what one would want. The test failure provides awareness of an incompatibility. The sooner the better. I don't think there's benefit to waiting until the default is changed to discover this. Scott K
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