Re: [PATCH v2 00/13] literal folder: prefix, new path: prefix

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+Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org> writes:\r
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+>\r
+> I think we should use the prereq mechanism in the tests to check if a\r
+> required test database is in place, skipping the test if not. This\r
+> should be fairly straightforward to do, and does not care *how* the test\r
+> database is to be fetched. (I'm undecided whether the test should verify\r
+> the checksum, or the part that fetches the database. Minor detail.)\r
+\r
+Yep, prereqs sounds fine.  SHA256 verification is pretty fast (on the\r
+scale of test suite operations), so I'd lean to doing it late, but\r
+I could be convinced otherwise.\r
+\r
+>\r
+> I know git annex in principle, but don't have any practical experience\r
+> with it. I don't really have any ideas for that.\r
+\r
+Well, if you don't mind the rest of the setup (SHA256 sums checked,\r
+tarballs fetched if needed), we can forge ahead for now.\r
+\r
+d\r