On 01/19/2018 03:27 PM, Stefan Krah wrote:
Hello,
I wonder if we could get an official site-packages/test directory. Currently
it seems to be problematic to distribute tests if they are outside the package
directory. Here is a nice overview of the two main layout possibilities:
http://pytest.readthedocs.io/en/reorganize-docs/new-docs/user/directory_structure.html
I like the outside-the-package approach, mostly for reasons described very
eloquently here:
http://python-notes.curiousefficiency.org/en/latest/python_concepts/import_traps.html
CPython itself of course also uses Lib/foo.py and Lib/test/test_foo.py, so it
would make sense to have site-packages/foo.py and
site-packages/test/test_foo.py.
For me, this is the natural layout.
I think that's a really nice idea.
With an official site-packages/test directory there could be pip support
for optionally installing tests alongside a package if its layout allows
it. So end users could just install things without tests, but developers
could do: pip install <package> --with-tests or something to get everything?
Wolfgang
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