From: Intransition <transfire@...>
Date: 2011-08-10T01:39:25+09:00
Subject: MiniTest before and after all

What is the reasoning behind MiniTest's lack of support for
`before :all` / `after :all` ?

I can understand that one should keep setup procedures to a minimum,
but are their not use cases where pre-testcase setup is really needed
-- logging into a database or service, for example?

What is the conventional thinking on this topic?