Good point, I'll see what I can do on that front.
----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robbie Gemmell" <robbie.gemm...@gmail.com> > To: proton@qpid.apache.org > Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2015 12:21:57 PM > Subject: Re: Proton Devs using Linux: please run the python-tox-test unit > tests!! > > On 8 July 2015 at 15:48, Ken Giusti <kgiu...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > Devs, > > > > As you probably know, I've pushed changes to the proton python bindings > > that make proton compatible with python3. > > > > Since then, I've hit bugs in the python3 stuff that could've been caught by > > running the above unit test on a linux system that has python3 installed. > > > > This test currently only runs on linux, and requires both python3 and extra > > python tools be installed in order to run it. I suspect most devs don't > > have these tools installed by default. If the tools are not available - > > or are not current - ctest will skip running these tests. > > > > Most current linux distros - I'm running Fedora 21 btw - support installing > > both python2.x and python3.x in parallel. Most default to just having > > python 2.x installed - you usually have to install python3 manually. > > > > Once you have python3 installed, you will also need to have an up-to-date > > version of the 'tox' and 'virtualenv' tools installed. > > > > For example, on my F21 box: "sudo yum install python-tox > > python-virtualenv" does the trick. > > > > Note: the unit tests require version 1.7+ of python-tox. If that isn't > > available to you, you can use 'python-pip' to either overwrite the > > installed version of tox with a newer one, or install a local copy of tox > > in your home directory: > > > > $ sudo pip install -U tox # this overwrites > > or > > $ pip install --user -U tox # will put tox in ~/.local - you'll have to > > update your PATH/PYTHONPATH to look there > > > > Once all that is done, a simple 'make test' should run the python-tox-test. > > > > > > Doing all this is optional, and will increase the time it takes to run the > > unit tests, but it prevent inadvertent regressions to the python3 support. > > And it will greatly appreciated by yours truly! > > > > thanks all, > > > > -K > > > It would probably help if some or all of the CI environments (ASF > Jenkins, Travis CI, Appveyor) we have checking thing over were set up > to do this. > > Robbie > -- -K
