On 26.01.2015 15:50, Julian Foad wrote:
> Branko Čibej wrote:
>> On 26.01.2015 14:13, Julian Foad wrote:
>>>   I attach the latest version of my dump/load cross-checking patch.
>>>
>>>   Do we want to commit this? I think we should. It has been very useful in 
>> uncovering dump/load bugs and inconsistencies.
>>
>> Absolutely +1, more tests can't hurt.
> Excellent. Is anyone able to lend a hand with one of these two of the tasks I 
> listed:
>
>   - Bypass authz when dumping with svnrdump, otherwise a partial dump is
>     obtained for tests using authz, making those tests fail.

Hmmm, this will involve changing the DAV and svnserve autocheck
configurations, I think. Not really my home turf, but I can try.

>   - Make optional -- enabled by a configure option?

I can certainly do this bit, I had a go at similar tweaks when I added
the option to skip the C tests and to run with pre-cooked v4 and v6 FSFS
repositories.

> if I do this one:
>
>   - Put back the dumpfile parser's ability to check for well-formed dumpfile
>     contents, which has been temporarily stripped out here in order to 
>     achieve more generic parsing, as some dump/load tests rely on that.

May I suggest we do this on a branch? So that we have the "make
optional" bit in place before all trunk testing grinds to a horrible
slowdown. :)

-- Brane

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