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This document describes the "britney hints". These are basically
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This document describes the "britney hints". These are basically
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small instructions to britney. The vast majority of them involve
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small instructions to britney. The vast majority of them involve
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overriding a quality gating policy in britney. However, there are a
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overriding a quality gating policy in britney. However, there are a
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few hints that assist britney into finding solutions that she cannot
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few hints that assist britney into finding solutions that it cannot
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compute herself.
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compute itself.
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## Related configuration
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## Related configuration
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permissions for it.
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permissions for it.
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For each `HINTS_<NAME>` configuration, britney will attempt to read
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For each `HINTS_<NAME>` configuration, britney will attempt to read
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`<HINTSDIR>/<name>`. Note that she lowercases `<NAME>` when looking
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`<HINTSDIR>/<name>`. Note that it lowercases `<NAME>` when looking
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for the file.
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for the file.
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This hint is primarily useful if britney fails to compute a valid
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This hint is primarily useful if britney fails to compute a valid
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solution for a concrete problem with a valid solution. Although, in
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solution for a concrete problem with a valid solution. Although, in
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many cases, Britney will generally figure out the solution on her own.
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many cases, Britney will generally figure out the solution on its own.
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Note that for `easy` the `<action list>` must have at least two
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Note that for `easy` the `<action list>` must have at least two
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elements. There is no use-case where a single element for easy will
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elements. There is no use-case where a single element for easy will
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This hint is primarily useful if britney fails to compute a valid
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This hint is primarily useful if britney fails to compute a valid
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solution for a concrete problem with a valid solution. Although, in
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solution for a concrete problem with a valid solution. Although, in
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many cases, Britney will generally figure out the solution on her own.
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many cases, Britney will generally figure out the solution on its own.
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*Caveat*: Due to "uninstallability trading", this hint may cause
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*Caveat*: Due to "uninstallability trading", this hint may cause
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undesireable changes to the target suite. In practise, this is rather
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undesireable changes to the target suite. In practise, this is rather
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Adam D. Barratt
7 years ago