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[PATCH] guix: lint: Add checker to check if inputs are sorted.

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Message #35 received at 33575 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net>
Cc: 33575 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 宋文武 <iyzsong <at> member.fsf.org>
Subject: Re: [bug#33575] [PATCH] guix: lint: Add checker to check if inputs
 are sorted.
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2018 17:49:45 -0500

Hi,

Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net> writes:

>> If they are sorted, I have to add comment for each test input:
>>
>>   `(("aspell-dict-en", aspecll-dict-en) ; for test
>>     ("glib" ,glib "bin")
>>     ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
>>     ("xmllint" ,libxml2)
>>     ("xorg-server" ,xorg-server))       ; for test
>>
>> Which will be a little annoying...
>
> I too find this convincing. It's not a good idea to enforce sorted
> inputs all the time. If there is sufficient consensus, we can close this
> bug report.

Maybe our test inputs should have their own field? This would make their
raison d'être explicit and remove the need of using comments.

Maxim

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