This is a fix for SF #1010952. test_normalization and test_codecmaps_* require too much effort to fetch the each test files. When this fix got applied, passing '-uurlfetch' to regrtest will enables on-demand downloads for the tests.
Logged In: YES user_id=1188172 Applied the patch, works like a charm. I wonder though if you should give the user some feedback when he is downloading a file.
Logged In: YES user_id=33168 Perky, why don't you check this in? I don't see a particular problem with the code. If it breaks something, we oughta find out soon enough. :-)
Logged In: YES user_id=55188 I thought this needs to give notification when it's downloading files as birkenfeld suggested. I'll commit this fix after implementing that. Thank you for comments! :-)