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authorMikle Kolyada <zlogene@gentoo.org>2018-09-09 22:09:40 +0300
committerMikle Kolyada <zlogene@gentoo.org>2018-09-09 22:09:40 +0300
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parentend-quiz: remove Q6.a and Q7 (diff)
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end-quiz: Add various changes
- Sync numbering style with the end-quiz - wording fix for Q3b - generalize Q6 - Q7-Q9 style fix - Ask about BDEPEND as well in Q11 - Add Q13b about EXPORT_FUNCTIONS (bug #601862) - Generalize Q19 (add stabilization)
-rw-r--r--recruiters/quizzes/ebuild-quiz.txt55
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diff --git a/recruiters/quizzes/ebuild-quiz.txt b/recruiters/quizzes/ebuild-quiz.txt
index 080d6df..8d3214a 100644
--- a/recruiters/quizzes/ebuild-quiz.txt
+++ b/recruiters/quizzes/ebuild-quiz.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
# This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
# https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Ebuild development quiz
-Revision 1.16 - 01 December 2016
+Revision 1.17 - 02 September 2018
Answer in whatever length necessary for completeness. Support your answers
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ docs: devmanual
docs: devmanual
-3. (a) What is repoman? When should it be used? How would you check for QA
- problems with repoman?
+3.a. What is repoman? When should it be used? How would you check for QA
+ problems with repoman?
docs: devmanual, wiki
- (b) A user submits a brand-new ebuild for a new package. What are
- the proper steps (including repoman commands) to take to add
- this ebuild to ::gentoo? What should be in the commit message?
+3.b. A user submits a brand-new ebuild for a new package. What are
+ the proper steps (including repoman commands) to take to add
+ this ebuild to ::gentoo repository? What should be in the commit message?
docs: devmanual, wiki
@@ -89,47 +89,47 @@ docs: devmanual
docs: devmanual
-6. What steps are needed to remove a use flag from IUSE in an ebuild?
+6. What steps are needed to remove a use flag from an ebuild?
-docs:
+docs: common sense
-7. You're creating an ebuild. Unfortunately, the default 'emake
+7. You are creating an ebuild. Unfortunately, the default 'emake
DESTDIR="${D}" install' call causes numerous access violations.
What are the best long-term and short-term solutions?
docs: devmanual
-8. You're creating an ebuild that needs a patch. The patch is
+8. You are creating an ebuild that needs a patch. The patch is
nontrivially large - bigger than 20 KiB. Where should
the patch be kept?
docs: devmanual
-9. You're creating an ebuild for a package whose license does not match
+9. You are creating an ebuild for a package whose license does not match
any of the licenses in the 'licenses' directory. What is the proper
course of action?
docs: GLEPs, devmanual
-10. (a) You wish to have an ebuild marked "stable," taking it out of
- ~ARCH KEYWORDS. It's a library. What steps should be taken to do so?
+10.a. You wish to have an ebuild marked "stable," taking it out of
+ ~ARCH KEYWORDS. It's a library. What steps should be taken to do so?
docs: devmanual
- (b) You wish to mark an ebuild "testing," putting it into ~ARCH
- KEYWORDS. It was previously hard-masked in package.mask.
- What should be done prior to doing so?
+10.b. You wish to mark an ebuild "testing," putting it into ~ARCH
+ KEYWORDS. It was previously hard-masked in package.mask.
+ What should be done prior to doing so?
docs: devmanual
- (c) You wish to have an ebuild marked "stable." It is a popular
- application, but no other ebuilds depend on it.
- How would you handle it?
+10.c. You wish to have an ebuild marked "stable." It is a popular
+ application, but no other ebuilds depend on it.
+ How would you handle it?
docs: devmanual
-11. What is the difference between different dependency classes (DEPEND and
- RDEPEND)? When should each of them be used? Provide examples.
+11. What is the difference between different dependency classes (DEPEND,
+ RDEPEND and BDEPEND)? When should each of them be used? Provide examples.
docs: devmanual
@@ -139,8 +139,11 @@ docs: devmanual
docs: devmanual
-13. You find a situation in which an eclass may be useful. What should
- you do before implementing such an eclass?
+13.a. You find a situation in which an eclass may be useful. What should
+ you do before implementing such an eclass?
+
+13.b. What is EXPORT_FUNCTIONS? How should it be used?
+ Provide examples of its usage.
docs: devmanual
@@ -168,8 +171,8 @@ docs: devmanual, PMS
docs: devmanual
-19. How do keywording policies for less often used arches like ia64 or
- mips differ from the more common ones like amd64?
+19. How do keywording and stabilization policies for less often used arches
+ like ia64 or mips differ from the more common ones like amd64?
docs: devmanual