[kepler-dev] test data

[David Welker]

Hi Chad,

Thanks for catching this potential optimization. That is pretty major. 
This sounds like a great idea. Any objections?

David
> Hi,
>
> In common/lib/testdata, there is currently 53.4 MB of data that gets 
> checked out every time we do a checkout.  I'm guessing that much of 
> this is rarely/never used.  Some of it is referenced in the user 
> manual, however, for the demos and tutorials.  I was wondering what 
> people would think of moving this test data to a new module that would 
> be optional (i.e. not in the kepler suite).  I could then have 
> installers for the release that include or not include it based on 
> user preference.  We could also just point people to the SVN web 
> interface if they want to download test datasets.
>
> Comments, other ideas?
>
> thanks,
> chad
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