Re: Updating mumi on berlin

[zimoun]

Hi Thiago,

On Fri, 06 May 2022 at 00:22, Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauermann@kolabnow.com> 
wrote:

> I didn't go that route because I don't like disabling tests without
> understanding why they fail and it took me a while to understand the
> zombie root cause. In addition to that, without the testsuite passing I
> didn't feel confident that I would be proposing a good enough package
> because virtually the only part of public-inbox that I use is lei
> itself. What if there was a regression in other parts of it and I didn't
> notice because I use so little?
>
> But I wouldn't mind disabling the part that checks that lei-daemon is
> truly gone, or even the whole testsuite if that is too complicated.
>
> On the other hand, the preferred solution would be the workaround
> pointed out by Maxim, where tini is used to run the testsuite and reap
> its sub-processes. I can probably take a stab at it over the weekend if
> no one beats me to it.

For sure.  For it is worth, I try to keep in mind, :-)

        Now is better than never.
        Although never is often better than *right* now.

        – The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters –

and

        Perfect is the enemy of good

        – commonly attributed to Voltaire –


Cheers,
simon