On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 07:18:57AM +0100, Peter Cock wrote: > > Seems to be a reasonable compromise specifically because you > > can be qute sure to fetch up to date files. > > Agreed. Of course one of the downsides is you might want to > also test old data (the formatting of data files from public sources > like UniProt does change sometimes).
Sure. But even if we test against the EMBOSS bundled data set we can only test *one* dataset. If you want other tests you should do it manually anyway. > > is the option to ask a debconf question like > > > > Download test data from UniProt and run test suite after installation? > > > > [Y]es / No > > There are likely to be other datasets that might need to be downloaded > at test time - I know EMBOSS has functionality to access records from > many many online resources, so I would think there are many possible > online tests that could be included. So how about a single more generic > prompt? I'm for as much testing as it is reasonable. So I trust your practical experience with these programs (which I do not have) to turn the idea of asking a debconf question to run a reasonable tastsuite (whatever reasonable might mean here) into something which is helpful for our users. > Should a similar prompt be added in the Biopython package script? > Our tests include some online tests by default (which should be > skipped gracefully if offline), but offline only mode can also be > requested (we use this in our nightly builds). Sure. Do whatever makes sense for the comfort of our users. Kind regards Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-med-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110823063028.gd30...@an3as.eu