On 6 Mar 2013 05:51, "Barry Warsaw" <ba...@python.org> wrote: > > On Mar 05, 2013, at 02:11 AM, Donald Stufft wrote: > > >Doesn't setuptools/distribute already have a setup.py test command? That > >seems like the easiest way forward? > > Yes, and in theory it can make `python setup.py test` work well. But there > are lots of little details (such as API differences for ensuring that doctests > run, "additional tests" discovery, etc.) that make this often not work so well > in practice. Some of that is social and some of it is technical. I still > claim that including test suite information in a package's metadata would be a > win, but maybe that's just too much to hope for right now.
I think it's the right answer, too, but PEP 426 is already huge, so metadata 2.1 is likely the earliest we will try to tackle the problem. Cheers, Nick. > > -Barry > _______________________________________________ > 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/ncoghlan%40gmail.com
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