On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Thomas Caswell <tcasw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Going with option 2 is probably the best option so that you can use pytest > fixtures and parameterization. > I agree -- those are worth a lot! -CHB > Might be worth looking at how Matplotlib re-arranged things on our master > branch to maintain back-compatibility with nose-specific tools that were > used by down-stream projects. > > Tom > > On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 4:22 PM Sebastian Berg <sebast...@sipsolutions.net> > wrote: > >> On Tue, 2017-07-11 at 14:49 -0600, Charles R Harris wrote: >> > Hi All, >> > >> > Just looking for opinions and feedback on the need to keep NumPy from >> > having a hard nose/pytest dependency. The options as I see them are: >> > >> > pytest is never imported until the tests are run -- current practice >> > with nose >> > pytest is never imported unless the testfiles are imported -- what I >> > would like >> > pytest is imported together when numpy is -- what we need to avoid. >> > Currently the approach has been 1), but I think 2) makes more sense >> > and allows more flexibility. >> >> >> I am not quite sure about everything here. My guess is we can do >> whatever we want when it comes to our own tests, and I don't mind just >> switching everything to pytest (I for one am happy as long as I can run >> `runtests.py` ;)). >> When it comes to the utils we provide, those should keep working >> without nose/pytest if they worked before without it I think. >> >> My guess is that all your options do that, so I think we should take >> the one that gives the nicest maintainable code :). Though can't say I >> looked enough into it to really make a well educated decision, that >> probably means your option 2. >> >> - Sebastian >> >> >> >> > Thoughts? >> > Chuck >> > _______________________________________________ >> > NumPy-Discussion mailing list >> > NumPy-Discussion@python.org >> > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion >> _______________________________________________ >> NumPy-Discussion mailing list >> NumPy-Discussion@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion >> > > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > > -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov
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