On 07/10/2015 07:19 PM, Robert Collins wrote: > On 10 July 2015 at 01:59, Morgan Fainberg <morgan.fainb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Or a database per python major version (or at least gracefully handle the >> incompatibility). > > So that would partition the data, and the whole point of test > *repository* is that it builds a database across all your tests to > answer useful questions.
Totally understand that. On the other hand ... a) is that setup/behavior common enough to be more important than: b) the dbm file format mess is both annoying and confusing I get the theory of why - but it's also a common thing that provides rage. >> --Morgan >> >> Sent via mobile >> >>> On Jul 9, 2015, at 06:43, Doug Hellmann <d...@doughellmann.com> wrote: >>> >>> Excerpts from Robert Collins's message of 2015-07-09 10:37:17 +1200: >>>> I don't remember if this has previously been discussed, but as our >>>> Python3 readiness increases folk are going to feel pain from testr due >>>> to a silly Python 2/3 incompatibility around dbm files. >>>> >>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/testrepository/+bug/1212909 >>>> >>>> OpenStack (alone in the universe as far as I can tell) installs >>>> testrepository *inside* a tox venv. This then causes the timing >>>> database to be Python version specific. It also causes the test venv >>>> to suck in any dependencies testr might add. >>>> >>>> But testrepository is like tox- its meant to be installed systemwide >>>> (or at least in its own venv) and then just used to *run* test runners >>>> within whatever context. >>>> >>>> So - I'm looking to: >>>> >>>> A) have a discussion and identify any issues with moving testr out of >>>> the venvs. (Note: this doesn't mean stop using it, just removing it >>>> from test-requirements.txt, in the same way that tox isn't in >>>> test-requirements.txt). >>>> B) Capture that in a spec if its non-trivial. >>>> C) find volunteers to make it happen. >>> >>> How much work would it be to make testrepository use a database format >>> that would be the same under all versions of python? > > I'd love a patch. Relevant tests: > Mac OS X's default Python > Ubuntu's default Python 2.x + 3.x, for newest LTS + current dev. > Ditto Fedora > And Python 2.7 and 3.4 and 3.5 for Windows (upstream distribution) > > -Rob > > __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev