On Oct 07, 2015, at 08:54 AM, Ben Finney wrote: >Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org> writes: > >> I'm a big fan of putting the tests inside the package. I've often >> looked at a package's tests to get a better understanding of something >> that was unclear for the documentation, or didn't work the way I >> expected. Having the tests there in the installed package makes it >> easier to refer to. > >That doesn't follow, or I'm not understanding you. > >If you have the tests in the source package, as is being advocated, you >have the tests available for reference. So the *relative location* of >the tests, within that source tree, doesn't argue for what you're >saying.
Since I'm not sure I follow that, I'll answer the question you asked: >Are you arguing the separate point of whether tests should be >*installed* with the package? Yes. We've had this conversation before in the context of Debian package sponsorship. I know and respect that you disagree. Cheers, -Barry
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