Catching python syntax errors at build time
Jeremy Katz
katzj at redhat.com
Fri Feb 20 18:38:14 UTC 2009
On Friday, February 20 2009, Daniel P. Berrange said:
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 05:36:30PM +0000, Tim Waugh wrote:
> > It occurred to me that, since we are already byte-compiling Python code
> > at build time, it is no extra effort to verify that it can be parsed and
> > fail if not.
> >
> > See attached patch.
> >
> > Can anyone think of any reason not to do this?
>
> If it catches things like the python syntax error in anaconda for today's
> rawhide compose, that makes installs impossible, then it is well worth it
Yeah, I'm for putting it in. While it may cause a couple more
speed-bumps for the rebuild next week, it'll raise our quality in the
long run and therefore seems like the "right" thing to do
Jeremy
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