Re: [PATCH v2 6/8] travis-ci: don't install 'language-pack-is' package

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Dec 18, 2017, 22:34 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq3747y8b0.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <AB053B56-5318-47D4-8ADE-0A72B9860BED@gmail.com>

Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com> writes:

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>> It seems we would loose coverage with this patch, so it should be
>> dropped.
>
> Yeah. I think we should add a comment to the travis.yml to avoid
> future confusion. I'll do it unless you beat me to it with a re-roll.

Rather, it should be commented close to where is locale is used in tests, and possibly in t/README, I would think. Those who want to use t/*, not necessarily using Travis, would benefit from the hint, "installing icelandic locale may give you better test coverage", or something like that.

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