Re: autopkgtest requiring large data sets (pique, hinge)
On Tuesday, December 21, 2021 10:22:49 A.M. CST Nilesh Patra wrote:
> On 12/21/21 9:00 PM, Pierre Gruet wrote:
> > On 21/12/2021 14:33, Lance Lin wrote:
> >> Debian Medical Team,
> >>
> >> I have started looking at adding autopkgtest suites for a variety of
> >> packages. Two of the packages (hinge, pique) require very large data
> >> sets to run their included examples.>>
> >>The sizes are several GB.
> I would second that. If possible, ask upstream for sensible data size that
> is manageable under a few MBs.
I understand the motivation here -- it is unwieldy and unusual to have GB-
sized test data. Irrespective of what I write below, it is always nice to
have a "small" smoke-test data set so I support asking upstream in that
spirit.
It may be the case that upstream is able to get the same code coverage out of
a smaller test data set. Or maybe they can get a reduced-but-still-useful
coverage.
But in the days of "big data", it might be the case that testing the software
really requires a big dataset. What are Debian's options for this?
-Steve
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