[Python-apps-team] Bug#735578: mercurial: autopkgtest testsuite fails on stderr, hgsubversion requires network access

[Javi Merino]

retitle -1 "autopkgtest hgsubversion shouldn't need network connectivity"
severity -1 wishlist
thanks

On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 06:50:43AM +0100, Martin Pitt wrote:
> Hey Javi,

Hi Martin,

> Javi Merino [2014-02-10 22:31 +0000]:
> > >    In Ubuntu's CI machinery we don't have access to outside servers
> > >    like alioth.
> 
> Actually, we recently fixed that by setting correct $http[s]_proxy
> variables. So as long as mercurial respects those, it should actually
> work now. (Just FYI)
> 
> > >    Would you accept a patch that sets up a local svn repository with
> > >    some example commits and then imports from that? This makes the
> > >    test independent of network, connectivity, or alioth problems, and
> > >    as autopkgtest is primarily meant to be a "do I have everything
> > >    required in the package" smoketest, it should suffice.
> > 
> > I'd definitely accept it.  I don't really like the current test for
> > hgsubversion, it's just the best I could come up with.
> 
> Ack, thanks. I'll keep that on my list.

Ok, I'm lowering the priority of the bug to wishlist, as it's
something we'd like to improve in the package but not urgent.

Cheers,
Javi
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