Even if you gave each test it's own data, you would still need the demo data to provide all of the supporting data needed to effectively test the system, each test couldn't set the system up in it's entirety.
The database is supposed to be cleared before and after running the tests, so using the demo data doesn't prevent people from using the demo data for demos. The reason the tests are broken at the moment is not because demo data was used/misused but because it wasn't understood that the entire test suite should pass in a single sweep, if I understand correctly the test being committed was tested as a standalone unit. Normally the test would have failed while being developed, the problem spotted and fixed. Regards Scott 2008/10/31 Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Scott Gray wrote: >> I'm talking about demo data not seed data, I don't see why the demo >> data can't be used for testing? > > That is exactly the problem. Testing mutates things. If each test has > it's very own set of data, then there will never be a clash with > anything else. > > And, the demo data is useful for those wanting to see how various parts > of ofbiz function, OOTB. > > Reusing them can only lead to headaches, which is why we have the full > test suite containing so many failures. >
