[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#732945: Debian-Bug#732945: python-csb autopkg test always fails

[Andreas Tille]

Hi Ivan,

On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 08:56:02AM +0000, Ivan Kalev wrote:
> The problem with /var/lib or cache is that it won't work on windows. The
> advantage of ~ is that python resolves it to user's home directory on any
> platform. Transparent portability is somehow essential in csb.

OK, sorry for my *NIX centric view. :-)
 
> But there are other options as well:
> 
> 1) Use a temp directory and setup/teardown the text fixture every time.
> 
> 2) Skip some tests at runtime if the resources they depend on are missing.
> These tests are important during development, but not at all essential
> during installation. So it is perfectly okay to skip them.
> 
> Both solutions are very easy to implement.

IMHO both solutions sound reasonable for our purpose.  I trust you to
pick the better one from your position.

Kind regards

        Andreas.

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