May want to create "unit testing" dataset on the Chicago data portal

[tomschenkjr]

For discussion...

The unit testing section of this package uses a number of datasets, such as Socrata's USGS Earthquake dataset, some city datasets, and others. However, we cannot adequately control the fidelity of the dataset which will introduce false-fails or otherwise mislead the integration process. We may want to consider creating a controlled dataset with known, static conditions to conduct unit testing.

[tomschenkjr]

This has been open for awhile, but am closing it because mixing "unit test" data with actual data will prove confusing to the user and clutter the city's data portal.

[tomschenkjr]

@nicklucius @geneorama - you guys are getting slammed with unit testing issues caused by changes made by @socrata. I wanted to re-raise this potential issue as a potential solution. It is less-desirable (see above thread), but could reduce the bi-weekly fire-drills. If Socrata continues to be unresponsive, may want to seriously consider this.

[levyj]

It would, by definition, be private dataset, right? If so, I am not really concerned about clutter or user confusion.