[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#909707: [outreachy] Re: Bug#909707: hyphy: autopkgtest

[Andreas Tille]

Hi Ioannis,

On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 02:46:14AM +0100, Ioannis Valasakis wrote:
> I am interested in getting assigned this bug

There is no technical way to assign a bug - but readers of the bug log
will know now that somebody is working on it.

> and getting to know the process of creating an autopkg test :) Regards ioannis

The general description of best practices is in Debian Wiki:

   https://wiki.debian.org/ContinuousIntegration/AutopkgtestBestPractices

In the packaging template I've created for Debian Med packages there is
also a boilerplate for an autopkgtest:

   https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/community/package_template/tree/master/debian/tests

Please note: We usually install the run-unit-test script in the docs of
a package to enable users to run the test as an example on the local
machine.

In the Debian Med policy

   https://med-team.pages.debian.net/policy/

you get general hints about packaging inside the Debian Med team.
Writing an autopkgtest boils down to adding the debian/tests dir to
the packaging.

Hope this helps as first hints - keep on asking here if something
remains unclear

       Andreas.

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