Testing with old and new generated metadata files

[MVrachev]

Description of issue or feature request: We have generated a new set of metadata files with #1915. Now we have two folders containing metadata files:

• tests/repository_data
• tests/generated_data

It makes sense to tests with both of them - repository_data was generated by the old client and we want to test that we are still compatible with it and the generated_data are folders containing metadata files generated with python-tuf version 1.0.0 and above.

It will be good to find a way to run part or all tests with metadata files from both folders.

Current behavior: Testing only with tests/repository_data.

TO DO:

• [ ] Decide which tests should use the old repository_data and which generated_data.
• [ ] Change the tests according to the decision.

[aditya-shrivastavv]

I think i can work upon it. some questions -

1. do i have to modify all the tests so that all tests can work on both the folders.?
2. all tests run in specific order or their running order is random ?
3. is this issue active ?
4. any suggestions or tips which can help me ?