[GSOC Idea] Allow the test suite to be run in production environments

[Martin Geisler]

Justin Peng <justin.peng.sw at gmail.com> writes:

> Hello, everyone. As a GSOC volunteer, I have given my thoughts on the
> idea "Allow the test suite to be run in production environments" below
> to get your advice before applying. Comments are welcome, thanks!
>
>
> title:Allow the test suite to be run in production environments.
>
>
> What's the sisuation now?
> The tests create their own repositories, and test data is expected to
> be imported at the root of these repositories. This means that it is
> not easy to run tests in a production Subversion setup. The tests
> always run in a clean-room environment, and there is no comprehensive
> way to check how Subversion interacts with an actual production
> environment.

Did you mean to write 'Mercurial' when you write 'Subversion', or did
you send this to the wrong mailinglist? :)

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