Re: [RFC]: Skipping rust crate tests by default

[Josselin Poiret]

Hi Felix,

Felix Lechner via "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System
distribution." <guix-devel@gnu.org> writes:

> In summary, I believe that #:test? should be turned off for all build
> systems. Guix should instead test installed versions like Debian's
> autopkgtest.

Let me just chime in and say that I agree: tests should not be a part of
a build.  This would:

1) avoid time bombs in tests breaking builds;
2) gain a lot of time when iterating package definitions;
3) let us control the testing environment more precisely, use
containers, mock stuff more precisely, etc.

However, this would require refactoring *all* guix package definitions,
after first coming up with a satisfying testing strategy and system.
I don't think this will ever happen unfortunately.

Best,
-- 
Josselin Poiret

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