[issue19488] idlelib tests are silently skipped by test.regrtest on 2.7

2013-11-04 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: As I explained on the checkins list, I am do "hg import --no-commit" indirectly though TortoiseHg Workbench Repository/import. It normally brings up an edit box for a commit message after patching and if that is left blank, it does not commit. With a message i

[issue19488] idlelib tests are silently skipped by test.regrtest on 2.7

2013-11-03 Thread Ned Deily
Ned Deily added the comment: Terry, sorry the patch was confusing. Just FYI, if you are using "hg import" particularly when reviewing patches, you should always be using "hg import --no-commit" as explained in the devguide to avoid unintended changes. Whether or not a message is included in t

[issue19488] idlelib tests are silently skipped by test.regrtest on 2.7

2013-11-03 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Good catch. I confirmed the non-function, the silence, and the fix. Ned, because the patch included a commit message, hg import immediately committed the patch with the incomplete message. This surprised me since it has never happened before. Since the patch

[issue19488] idlelib tests are silently skipped by test.regrtest on 2.7

2013-11-03 Thread Ned Deily
New submission from Ned Deily: Running test_idle is supposed to cause the tests in Lib/idlelib/idle_test to be run. Unfortunately, under 2.7, when test.regrtest is used as the test runner, either directly or via "make test" (which buildbots use), the idlelib tests are currently silently skipp