#14439: Running the GIS testsuite is very hard.
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Reporter: lukeplant | Owner: nobody
Status: closed | Milestone:
Component: GIS | Version: 1.2
Resolution: invalid | Keywords:
Stage: Unreviewed | Has_patch: 0
Needs_docs: 0 | Needs_tests: 0
Needs_better_patch: 0 |
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Comment (by lukeplant):
I was looking for somewhere that would tell me what I need to know to run
the GeoDjango tests, and found it frustrating that after more than an hour
I hadn't been able to collect enough information from the different parts
of the docs to be able to do this. I have finally succeeded in running
them, at least with PostGIS. AFAICS, the process is to do something like:
1. Following the installation instructions for GeoDjango, and set up
users/databases etc.
2. Create a throw-away a project using `django-admin.py startproject`
3. Change the settings to use the
`django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgis` backend
4. Add `TEST_RUNNER='django.contrib.gis.tests.run_gis_tests'` to the
settings file (or, better,
`'django.contrib.gis.tests.GeoDjangoTestSuiteRunner'`, since the former
produces deprecation warnings)
Number 1 is obvious, number 4 is documented
[http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/ref/contrib/gis/testing/#geodjango-
test-suite here], but the rest is not obvious from the perspective of
someone just wanting to run the tests.
It's absolutely fair enough to close as INVALID, since it's a pretty vague
report, and I don't know what to do about it either. But I thought it was
worthwhile noting it to someone.
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