[Libre-soc-dev] large test data

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Sat, May 15, 2021 at 5:04 PM Lauri Kasanen <cand at gmx.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 15 May 2021 12:04:26 +0100
> Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net> wrote:
>
> > can that be downloaded via an automated script from a well-known
> > location?  or, is it part of *another* repository that can be
> > specified automatically?
>
> They are custom-generated by me.

okaay.

> These are individual hotspot functions
> and their input and output - any public test data is full files. So no
> existing public source will work.
>
> ffmpeg's fate samples (1.2gb ATM) are also full files. ffmpeg tests
> compare the entire file decoded.

eek.  well, luckily, that's an external resource

> The test data compresses quite well, and if server space is an issue,
> I'm sure there's a free git host allowing enough space (with libre js,
> etc).

the other consideration is that we need to be "self-hosting", in order not
to give the impression of incompetence.

i've added you to ftp at libre-soc.org, you should be able to do:

lauri$ sftp -P922 ftp at libre-soc.org

and do uploads there.

l.