[moving discussion to python-dev from pydotorg] On Fri, Mar 06, 2009, Bill Janssen wrote: > Michael Foord <mich...@voidspace.org.uk> wrote: >> Bill Janssen wrote: >>> Steve Holden <st...@holdenweb.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Seems to me it might be better to have a test start a local server then >>>> kill it, but I am presuming you have some good reason why this is not >>>> practical? >>> >>> It seems a steep learning curve just to run the Python test suite, to >>> have to know how to install an IMAP server on your machine. But perhaps >>> you're right. >> >> Does it need to test against a real server - can't some of the lower >> calls be mocked out? > > Not really. These *are* the lower-level calls.
One thing I haven't seen addressed in this discussion is why it's undesirable to ship Twisted as part of the testing source tree. Yes, I realize that it could create an "attractive nuisance", but I think the gains in simplifying testing outweigh that. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection." --Butler Lampson _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
