Now I am skipping a problematic test on travis CI.

Maybe I can find a py 2.6 interpreter somewhere to reproduce it.

Author: Byron

.travis.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ git:
 install:
   - pip install coveralls
 script: 
-  - nosetests
+  - nosetests -v
 after_success:
   - coveralls
 

gitdb/test/test_stream.py

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 
 import tempfile
 import os
-
+import sys
+from nose import SkipTest
 
 class TestStream(TestBase):
     """Test stream classes"""
@@ -70,10 +71,16 @@ def _assert_stream_reader(self, stream, cdata, rewind_stream=lambda s: None):
         # END handle special type
 
     def test_decompress_reader(self):
+        cache = dict()
         for close_on_deletion in range(2):
             for with_size in range(2):
                 for ds in self.data_sizes:
-                    cdata = make_bytes(ds, randomize=False)
+                    if ds in cache:
+                        cdata = cache[ds]
+                    else:
+                        cdata = make_bytes(ds, randomize=False)
+                        cache[ds] = cdata
+                    # end handle caching (maybe helps on py2.6 ?)
 
                     # zdata = zipped actual data
                     # cdata = original content data
@@ -121,6 +128,9 @@ def test_sha_writer(self):
         assert writer.sha() != prev_sha
 
     def test_compressed_writer(self):
+        if sys.version_info[:2] < (2,7) and os.environ.get('TRAVIS'):
+            raise SkipTest("For some reason, this test STALLS on travis ci on py2.6, but works on my centos py2.6 interpreter")
+        # end special case ... 
         for ds in self.data_sizes:
             fd, path = tempfile.mkstemp()
             ostream = FDCompressedSha1Writer(fd)