On 19-4-2011 19:06, cjblaine wrote: > What breaks if I remove lib/python2.7/test/* ? What purpose does it serve? > > It is 26MB for me. > > I am trying to trim my Python install for good reason. > > Thanks for any info!
Terry answered what it is for. Personally, I also once used some functions from test.test_support in my own code. There's some handy stuff in there. Also, the venerable Pystone lives in test.pystone. However, I don't think the test/* stuff is actually considered to be part of the standard library? I believe it becomes available on many Linux installations only after installing the python-dev package (or similar). So my guess is that you are safe to delete it if you really need the disk space. -Irmen -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
