-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Barry Warsaw wrote: > On Mar 05, 2013, at 02:11 AM, Donald Stufft wrote: > >> Doesn't setuptools/distribute already have a setup.py test command? >> That seems like the easiest way forward? > > Yes, and in theory it can make `python setup.py test` work well. But > there are lots of little details (such as API differences for > ensuring that doctests run, "additional tests" discovery, etc.) that > make this often not work so well in practice. Some of that is social > and some of it is technical. I still claim that including test suite > information in a package's metadata would be a win, but maybe that's > just too much to hope for right now.
For the "right now" solution you can easily override the test command in setup.py. Long term this would be something that could be added to the METADATA but I think it is (and rightly should be) lower priority to actually getting it working for it's core purpose. > > -Barry _______________________________________________ Python-Dev > mailing list Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/donald%40stufft.io -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.18 (Darwin) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJRNlaJAAoJEG48vOkzctz6SvsP/2+MYkn1NgcHdmaQg09A3MDH a++7+hGGsXgQwwJ3q3u6T6Hzd1pokJI7hqGHAXBnkODrZZ8f9Z0+OP9I8HPUmo0D mJDsDxn2VZImBkNZJlBGNFKIz4EjS5llFapzdl58ZkIVZ7Rz3PTaPVSiXOc+ppp7 xYkWXGnx+2DTFaHywi9qGsHrbAXqgcwIhXO29NYl98xA9X98/XSRiXmHVfNURA3U 1GV1G9H1Qfvu8YjfYfBCCUn6db6eLGVPO7VcxRh6Cyzfk5SFSuziCVI8v3t3msjw KSba+8Pe3RQ7RS17VEJqCMQjkhhGnAndgIL3Jho41qb3g+Rdk2OP+weWbYV92Q8F HL6QtPgm5/QS5tKyl6nK97+9q+NdhGOEzKOL0pBiF4HKdT0mKyBxqttVIgUDAVMQ XcjhBu1wnpQnhkeZ8F3yGNubmE2tRdVVfhTfVDaA3ICl7uVBlbtUUMTJRK7DQ4vW gzDk5aKJB8OHimC1ijeTQm3M2lXkS5z0e5IuaION2WrG5A2BEvH12d/I7ekc1Ixa lVhScABFwY0UcrMt4td65er/w4Z0S+BL87SZMH1mffoS6XmL3fxUuOtAB+MUWDk7 Rd4xXnUFvr3SMmMRjSogpO/HO5IBpuzUwu0wqSz8qPcex+l+lHyOEHBDvacEcv9b zvGYjfQuk+2hWlAqw5o4 =6ELp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com