Although this is currently by design, it could be changed in NUnit 3.0. I've re-directed this bug to that project and I'll start a discussion about the issue on the nunit-discuss list. If you're not already a member, you may wish to join it in order to participate.
** Project changed: nunitv2 => nunit-3.0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of NUnit Developers, which is subscribed to NUnit V2. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1045646 Title: SetupFixture methods are executed even if no tests from their namespace are selected to run Status in NUnit Test Framework: New Bug description: We have test fixtures that are marked with the [Explicit] attribute. Their namespace also contains a class with [SetupFixture] attribute and [SetUp] and [TearDown] methods. When we use the console runner it successfully ignores those tests, but their SetupFixture code still runs. We assumed that it would not run. It seems that this behavior is undocumented anywhere. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nunit-3.0/+bug/1045646/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~nunit-core Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~nunit-core More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
