RFC - Remove testing data from distribution

[brianteeman]

There really is no good reason to include the testing sample data in the released version of joomla - it only has a purpose and use during the staging lifecylcle

It is fairly trivial to add the testing sample data to the list of files excluded from a build if people agree.

[andrepereiradasilva]

i agree, also another suggestion. sample data should not create things that are already created by joomla.sql. ex: the component menu.

[mbabker]

I'd rather see the sample data (hell, joomla.sql too) rewritten to not be static SQL dumps. But hey, a guy can dream...

[andrepereiradasilva]

that would be even greater.

[chrisdavenport]

+1 (especially as it's been on our roadmap for a while now: https://developer.joomla.org/cms/roadmap.html)

[brianteeman]

Until someone actually does it words are great but don't change anything. It's at least 6 months since PLT said someone said they were doing that. In the meantime I can do this PR in ten minutes.

[chrisdavenport]

The PLT roadmap is only asking for the 10 minute PR. We can do the clever stuff another day. :-)

[brianteeman]

I guess I misread the minutes of the meeting in Germany.

[zero-24]

see: #10364

[zero-24]

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[zero-24]

Closing as we have a PR here #10364

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[Bakual]

Actually, I did a PR once to make the sample data a postinstallation process using an admin module, a plugin per sample set and com_ajax (#7680). It was working with testing data, the others would still have to be done.
Reason it stopped was that with the upcoming webservice layer this would become simpler, which I agree to a degree.