Bug#839253: autopkgtest: --testname incompatible with Test-Command:
Ian Jackson
ijackson at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Sun Oct 23 16:19:07 UTC 2016
Martin Pitt writes ("Bug#839253: autopkgtest: --testname incompatible with Test-Command:"):
> Hey Barry,
> > * Add a Test-Name: field solely for the purpose of matching
> > --testname. Of course if Test-Name doesn't exist, it would fall
> > back to matching on Tests:
>
> I'd slightly change that idea to be Test-Command-foobar:, to provide
> an optional name? Test-Command: would then continue to get
> autogenerated commandN names.
Barry's suggestion of a Test-Name field is better. This is because if
a package provides
Test-Command-foobar:
it won't be compatibile with software compatible with the previous
DEP-8 spec.
Ian.
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