Re: [Python-Dev] the history of tests being inside Lib/ in Python

2011-07-30 Thread R. David Murray
On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 06:30:40 +0300, Eli Bendersky eli...@gmail.com wrote: This mail can appear as if advocating the transfer of Lib/test into Tests/, but this is not my intention here. Honest :-) I'm just trying to understand the history and rationale behind this structure in the CPython

[Python-Dev] the history of tests being inside Lib/ in Python

2011-07-29 Thread Eli Bendersky
The other thread had some claims (*) that made me wonder - why are the tests in Python kept in Lib/ at all? AFAIK, this is rather an unusual project structure. Tests usually have a top-level directory of their own, in parallel to Lib/, Doc/ and others. Some effects of this in other projects: *

Re: [Python-Dev] the history of tests being inside Lib/ in Python

2011-07-29 Thread Benjamin Peterson
2011/7/29 Eli Bendersky eli...@gmail.com: The other thread had some claims (*) that made me wonder - why are the tests in Python kept in Lib/ at all? AFAIK, this is rather an unusual project structure. Not really. It seems to be about half/half to me. -- Regards, Benjamin

Re: [Python-Dev] the history of tests being inside Lib/ in Python

2011-07-29 Thread Eli Bendersky
On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 06:36, Benjamin Peterson benja...@python.orgwrote: 2011/7/29 Eli Bendersky eli...@gmail.com: The other thread had some claims (*) that made me wonder - why are the tests in Python kept in Lib/ at all? AFAIK, this is rather an unusual project structure. Not

Re: [Python-Dev] the history of tests being inside Lib/ in Python

2011-07-29 Thread Ned Deily
In article CAF-Rda-M5QL3bhzAcf2d=0u94qdr_-u_kvprai9hwzkhtkh...@mail.gmail.com, Eli Bendersky eli...@gmail.com wrote: * The tests usually aren't even installed. The user can run them during installation, but once it goes through, tests are not copied into /usr/whatever... That's not true

Re: [Python-Dev] the history of tests being inside Lib/ in Python

2011-07-29 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Eli Bendersky eli...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 06:36, Benjamin Peterson benja...@python.org wrote: 2011/7/29 Eli Bendersky eli...@gmail.com: The other thread had some claims (*) that made me wonder - why are the tests in Python kept in

Re: [Python-Dev] the history of tests being inside Lib/ in Python

2011-07-29 Thread Benjamin Peterson
2011/7/29 Eli Bendersky eli...@gmail.com: On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 06:36, Benjamin Peterson benja...@python.org wrote: 2011/7/29 Eli Bendersky eli...@gmail.com: The other thread had some claims (*) that made me wonder - why are the tests in Python kept in Lib/ at all? AFAIK, this is