[Python-modules-team] Bug#606528: sympy: please run tests at build time

[Ondrej Certik]

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Jakub Wilk <jwilk at debian.org> wrote:
> * Ondrej Certik <ondrej at certik.cz>, 2010-12-09, 15:23:
>>>
>>> Sympy comes with a test suite, so it would be nice if it could be
>>> run at build time, preferably with all supported Python versions.
>>
>> It takes several minutes to run. Are you sure it's a good idea?
>
> Absolutely sure.
>
>> What happens if some little test fails?
>
> Somebody fixes either the test, or the offending code, or temporarily
> disables the test. Easy.
>
>> Is it better to have 99% working package, or not a package at all?
>
> It's not like anybody is going to kick a package out of archive just because
> it FTBFS. :)
>
> Think of running tests at build time like an investment in quality
> assurance.

Sounds good to me. Let's do that.

Ondrej