Subject: Re: [bug#66199] [PATCH v4 2/2] gnu: librepcb: Update to 1.0.0.

From: pinoaffe <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2023 01:39:44 +0200

Thanks again!

Vinicius Monego <[email-masked]> writes:
>> * gnu/packages/engineering.scm (librepcb): Update to 1.0.0.
>> [inputs]: Add various dependencies (both new ones and old ones that are now
>>          debundled).
>
> If the change is not automated, then every input should be listed,
> separated by commas.
Done, I hope this is more or less what you meant

>> [arguments]: Remove overriding of configure phase. Replace test
>>          phase. Debundle various dependencies.
>
> Avoid words like "various", list all items whenever possible.
Okay

>> [build-system]: Use cmake-build-system.
>> [native-inputs]: Add googletest.
> pkg-config was also added to native-inputs.
I added it to the commit message

> And don't worry too much about the commit message, I can change it
> later.
Aight

>> +     (list fontconfig
>> +           fontobene-qt5
>> +           glu
>> +           hoedown
>> +           muparser
>> +           opencascade-occt
>> +           clipper
> Nitpick: 'clipper' is out of order
Whoops!

>> +     `(#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
>> +                  (replace 'check
>> +                    (lambda* (#:key tests? #:allow-other-keys)
>> +                      (when tests?
>> +                        (setenv "QT_QPA_PLATFORM" "offscreen")
>> +                        (setenv "QT_QUICK_BACKEND" "software")
>> +                        (display "Running unittests...\n")
>> +                        (invoke "./tests/unittests/librepcb-unittests" "--help")))))
>> +

> Why --help?
Oops, that's a leftover artifact of me testing some stuff

> I ran librepcb-unittests with no arguments and found that
> ~20 tests failed out of ~2100. If it's not possible to skip them
> manually, you could skip all tests and leave a comment reporting what
> happened. I didn't check the output of --help.
I manually skipped them, though I feel a bit "dirty" skipping 22 tests
without properly knowing why they fail, especially since it's just a
constant list of 22 strings in the middle of a package definition.

> #:configure-flags is usually placed above #:phases.
Okay, I moved it

> I think this patch is ready after fixing the test suite.
Great!

Kind regards,
pinoaffe