Bug 2516181 - Review Request: gap-pkg-quickcheck - Randomized property-based testing for GAP
Summary: Review Request: gap-pkg-quickcheck - Randomized property-based testing for GAP
Keywords:
Status: ON_QA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: Package Review
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Peter Lemenkov
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 2516183
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-08-14 20:40 UTC by Jerry James
Modified: 2026-09-04 01:51 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
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Type: ---
Embargoed:
lemenkov: fedora-review+


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Description Jerry James 2026-08-14 20:40:58 UTC
Spec URL: https://jjames.fedorapeople.org/gap-pkg-quickcheck/gap-pkg-quickcheck.spec
SRPM URL: https://jjames.fedorapeople.org/gap-pkg-quickcheck/gap-pkg-quickcheck-1.0.2%5E20260731.3a1a010-1.fc46.src.rpm
Fedora Account System Username: jjames
Description: This package provides a library for randomized, property-based testing in GAP, inspired by the QuickCheck framework found in languages like Haskell.

It allows you to write tests as general properties that should hold true for your code, and the QuickCheck package will then generate a large number of random test cases to try and find a counterexample.

Features:
- Property-Based Testing: Define properties and let the framework generate test data automatically.
- Automatic Sizing: The package automatically tries a range of different sizes for the generated objects, starting with small and simple cases to find the minimal counterexamples first.
- Variety of Types: It supports random generation for a range of common GAP types.

I am willing to swap reviews.

Comment 1 Fedora Review Service 2026-08-14 20:46:07 UTC
Copr build:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/build/10866474
(succeeded)

Review template:
https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/@fedora-review/fedora-review-2516181-gap-pkg-quickcheck/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/10866474-gap-pkg-quickcheck/fedora-review/review.txt

Please take a look if any issues were found.


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Comment 2 Peter Lemenkov 2026-09-02 12:47:45 UTC
I'll review it.

Comment 3 Peter Lemenkov 2026-09-02 12:55:25 UTC
Actually the package seems to be in a very good shape. I cant see anything critical so here is my formal

Package Review
==============

Legend:
[x] = Pass, [!] = Fail, [-] = Not applicable, [?] = Not evaluated
[ ] = Manual review needed

===== MUST items =====

Generic:
[x]: Package is licensed with an open-source compatible license and meets
     other legal requirements as defined in the legal section of Packaging
     Guidelines.
[x]: License field in the package spec file matches the actual license (MPL-2.0).
[x]: License file installed when any subpackage combination is installed.
[x]: Package contains no bundled libraries or specifies bundled libraries
     with Provides: bundled(<libname>) if unbundling is not possible.
[x]: Changelog in prescribed format (%autochangelg).
[x]: Sources contain only permissible code or content.
[-]: Package does not contain desktop file (not a GUI application).
[-]: No need for a separate -devel package
[x]: Package uses nothing in %doc for runtime.
[x]: Package consistently uses macros (instead of hard-coded directory
     names).
[x]: Package is named according to the Package Naming Guidelines.
[x]: Package does not generate any conflict.
[x]: Package obeys FHS, except libexecdir and /usr/target.
[-]: The package is not a rename of another package.
[x]: Requires correct, justified where necessary.
[x]: Spec file is legible and written in American English.
[-]: Package does not contain systemd file.
[x]: Package is not known to require an ExcludeArch tag.
[x]: Package complies to the Packaging Guidelines
[x]: Package successfully compiles and builds into binary rpms on at least
     one supported primary architecture.
[x]: Package installs properly.
[x]: Rpmlint is run on all rpms the build produces.
     Note: There are rpmlint messages (see attachment).
[x]: If (and only if) the source package includes the text of the
     license(s) in its own file, then that file, containing the text of the
     license(s) for the package is included in %license.
[x]: The License field must be a valid SPDX expression.
[x]: Package requires other packages for directories it uses.
[x]: Package must own all directories that it creates.
[x]: Package does not own files or directories owned by other packages.
[x]: Package uses either %{buildroot} or $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
[x]: Package does not run rm -rf %{buildroot} (or $RPM_BUILD_ROOT) at the
     beginning of %install.
[x]: Macros in Summary, %description expandable at SRPM build time.
[x]: Dist tag is present.
[x]: Package does not contain duplicates in %files.
[x]: Permissions on files are set properly.
[x]: Package must not depend on deprecated() packages.
[x]: Package use %makeinstall only when make install DESTDIR=... doesn't
     work.
[x]: Package is named using only allowed ASCII characters.
[x]: Package does not use a name that already exists.
[x]: Package is not relocatable.
[x]: Sources used to build the package match the upstream source, as
     provided in the spec URL.
[x]: Spec file name must match the spec package %{name}, in the format
     %{name}.spec.
[x]: File names are valid UTF-8.
[x]: Large documentation must go in a -doc subpackage. Large could be size
     (~1MB) or number of files.
     Note: Documentation size is 1487 bytes in 1 files.
[x]: Packages must not store files under /srv, /opt or /usr/local

===== SHOULD items =====

Generic:
[-]: If the source package does not include license text(s) as a separate
     file from upstream, the packager SHOULD query upstream to include it.
[x]: Final provides and requires are sane (see attachments).
[?]: I did not test if the package functions as described.
[x]: Latest version is packaged (a recent git snapshot).
[x]: Package does not include license text files separate from upstream.
[-]: Sources weren't verified with gpgverify.
[?]: I did not test if the package compiles and builds into binary rpms
     on all supported architectures.
[x]: %check is present and all tests pass.
[x]: Packages should try to preserve timestamps of original installed
     files.
[x]: Reviewer should test that the package builds in mock.
[x]: Buildroot is not present
[x]: Package has no %clean section with rm -rf %{buildroot} (or
     $RPM_BUILD_ROOT)
[x]: No file requires outside of /etc, /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin.
[x]: Fully versioned dependency in subpackages if applicable.
[x]: Packager, Vendor, PreReq, Copyright tags should not be in spec file
[x]: Sources can be downloaded from URI in Source: tag
[x]: SourceX is a working URL.
[x]: Spec use %global instead of %define unless justified.

===== EXTRA items =====

Generic:
[x]: Rpmlint is run on all installed packages.
     Note: There are rpmlint messages (see attachment).
[x]: Spec file according to URL is the same as in SRPM.


Rpmlint
-------
Checking: gap-pkg-quickcheck-1.0.2^20260731.3a1a010-1.fc46.noarch.rpm
          gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc-1.0.2^20260731.3a1a010-1.fc46.noarch.rpm
          gap-pkg-quickcheck-1.0.2^20260731.3a1a010-1.fc46.src.rpm
============================ rpmlint session starts ============================
rpmlint: 2.8.0
configuration:
    /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/rpmlint/configdefaults.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/fedora-spdx-licenses.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/fedora.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/scoring.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/users-groups.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/warn-on-functions.toml
rpmlintrc: [PosixPath('/tmp/tmp0dnj33gp')]
checks: 32, packages: 3

gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc.noarch: W: no-documentation

^^^ That's unfortunate false positive.

gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc.noarch: W: dangling-relative-symlink /usr/share/gap/pkg/quickcheck/doc/chooser.html ../../GAPDoc/styles/chooser.html
gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc.noarch: W: dangling-relative-symlink /usr/share/gap/pkg/quickcheck/doc/lefttoc.css ../../GAPDoc/styles/lefttoc.css
gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc.noarch: W: dangling-relative-symlink /usr/share/gap/pkg/quickcheck/doc/manual.css ../../GAPDoc/styles/manual.css
gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc.noarch: W: dangling-relative-symlink /usr/share/gap/pkg/quickcheck/doc/manual.js ../../GAPDoc/styles/manual.js
gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc.noarch: W: dangling-relative-symlink /usr/share/gap/pkg/quickcheck/doc/nocolorprompt.css ../../GAPDoc/styles/nocolorprompt.css
gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc.noarch: W: dangling-relative-symlink /usr/share/gap/pkg/quickcheck/doc/ragged.css ../../GAPDoc/styles/ragged.css
gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc.noarch: W: dangling-relative-symlink /usr/share/gap/pkg/quickcheck/doc/rainbow.js ../../GAPDoc/styles/rainbow.js
gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc.noarch: W: dangling-relative-symlink /usr/share/gap/pkg/quickcheck/doc/times.css ../../GAPDoc/styles/times.css
gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc.noarch: W: dangling-relative-symlink /usr/share/gap/pkg/quickcheck/doc/toggless.css ../../GAPDoc/styles/toggless.css
gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc.noarch: W: dangling-relative-symlink /usr/share/gap/pkg/quickcheck/doc/toggless.js ../../GAPDoc/styles/toggless.js
 3 packages and 0 specfiles checked; 0 errors, 11 warnings, 12 filtered, 0 badness; has taken 0.4 s 




Rpmlint (installed packages)
----------------------------
============================ rpmlint session starts ============================
rpmlint: 2.10.0
configuration:
    /usr/lib/python3.15/site-packages/rpmlint/configdefaults.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/fedora-spdx-licenses.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/fedora.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/scoring.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/users-groups.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/warn-on-functions.toml
checks: 33, packages: 2

gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc.noarch: W: no-documentation
gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc.noarch: W: dangling-relative-symlink /usr/share/gap/pkg/quickcheck/doc/chooser.html ../../GAPDoc/styles/chooser.html
gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc.noarch: W: dangling-relative-symlink /usr/share/gap/pkg/quickcheck/doc/lefttoc.css ../../GAPDoc/styles/lefttoc.css
gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc.noarch: W: dangling-relative-symlink /usr/share/gap/pkg/quickcheck/doc/manual.css ../../GAPDoc/styles/manual.css
gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc.noarch: W: dangling-relative-symlink /usr/share/gap/pkg/quickcheck/doc/manual.js ../../GAPDoc/styles/manual.js
gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc.noarch: W: dangling-relative-symlink /usr/share/gap/pkg/quickcheck/doc/nocolorprompt.css ../../GAPDoc/styles/nocolorprompt.css
gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc.noarch: W: dangling-relative-symlink /usr/share/gap/pkg/quickcheck/doc/ragged.css ../../GAPDoc/styles/ragged.css
gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc.noarch: W: dangling-relative-symlink /usr/share/gap/pkg/quickcheck/doc/rainbow.js ../../GAPDoc/styles/rainbow.js
gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc.noarch: W: dangling-relative-symlink /usr/share/gap/pkg/quickcheck/doc/times.css ../../GAPDoc/styles/times.css
gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc.noarch: W: dangling-relative-symlink /usr/share/gap/pkg/quickcheck/doc/toggless.css ../../GAPDoc/styles/toggless.css
gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc.noarch: W: dangling-relative-symlink /usr/share/gap/pkg/quickcheck/doc/toggless.js ../../GAPDoc/styles/toggless.js
 2 packages and 0 specfiles checked; 0 errors, 11 warnings, 8 filtered, 0 badness; has taken 0.1 s 



Source checksums
----------------
https://github.com/gap-packages/quickcheck/archive/3a1a01078ab9ec053332cd78005aaa2ac634a0ac/quickcheck-3a1a010.tar.gz :
  CHECKSUM(SHA256) this package     : 03d318a97ec3bf20564625d711b0ef92246438388ceff87b90a9096cb4670043
  CHECKSUM(SHA256) upstream package : 03d318a97ec3bf20564625d711b0ef92246438388ceff87b90a9096cb4670043


Requires
--------
gap-pkg-quickcheck (rpmlib, GLIBC filtered):
    gap(polycyclic)
    gap-core

gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc (rpmlib, GLIBC filtered):
    gap-online-help
    gap-pkg-quickcheck



Provides
--------
gap-pkg-quickcheck:
    gap(QuickCheck)
    gap(quickcheck)
    gap-pkg-quickcheck

gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc:
    gap-pkg-quickcheck-doc



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This package is

================
=== APPROVED ===
================

Comment 4 Leo Sandoval 2026-09-02 15:40:45 UTC
> This package is
> 
> ================
> === APPROVED ===
> ================

I am impressed by the deep analysis on this review. 

I am new to this so better to ask: do you use a lint tool or something similar for the review?

Comment 5 Peter Lemenkov 2026-09-02 15:43:14 UTC
(In reply to Leo Sandoval from comment #4)
> > This package is
> > 
> > ================
> > === APPROVED ===
> > ================
> 
> I am impressed by the deep analysis on this review. 
> 
> I am new to this so better to ask: do you use a lint tool or something
> similar for the review?

We have a nice helper - fedora-review. It spots most of the issues, and generates a checklist of things to review. Very handy one!

Comment 6 Jerry James 2026-09-03 21:18:34 UTC
Thank you for the review, Peter! Indeed, fedora-review is great. Just `sudo dnf install fedora-review`, and then you can run the fedora-review tool and pass it a bugzilla bug number (-b 2516181, for example), or a COPR URL.

Comment 7 Fedora Admin user for bugzilla script actions 2026-09-03 21:23:35 UTC
The Pagure repository was created at https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/gap-pkg-quickcheck
Monitoring:
Wasn't able to create project in Anitya. You can create it manually on: `https://release-monitoring.org`

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2026-09-03 22:01:49 UTC
FEDORA-2026-8e967e34a3 (gap-pkg-quickcheck-1.0.2^20260731.3a1a010-1.fc45) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 45.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-8e967e34a3

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2026-09-03 22:01:49 UTC
FEDORA-2026-8f6154810f (gap-pkg-quickcheck-1.0.2^20260731.3a1a010-1.fc44) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 44.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-8f6154810f

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2026-09-04 00:53:04 UTC
FEDORA-2026-8e967e34a3 has been pushed to the Fedora 45 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf install --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-8e967e34a3 \*`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-8e967e34a3

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2026-09-04 01:51:18 UTC
FEDORA-2026-8f6154810f has been pushed to the Fedora 44 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf install --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-8f6154810f \*`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-8f6154810f

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.


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