* Xavier <y...@debian.org> [200903 16:10]: > > I must say I find it unacceptable that autopkgtests which are being > > used to test migration from Debian unstable to Debian testing to rely > > on code from random places on the Internet, which Debian Developers > > have no control over. > > I understand your point of view. We found this way to reproduce upstream > test in this package that had no test before. What would be the best: > * embed test libraries in source package (like apache2) ? > + embed copies of dovecot and some other package that exists in > Debian but with a different version ? > -- or -- > + try to patch upstream test to use Debian packages in test ? (I > tried without success) > * remove autopkgtest files ? > * render autopkgtest success "skippable" ?
CC-ed d-release@ as they probably have stronger opinions on this question. A side question there might be: "Why does CI have access to the Internet?" In an ideal world I'd go with "package test libraries for Debian". Chris
