Diogo Vieira <[email protected]> writes:
>>>> One thing I'm having difficulties with is understanding what should be the
>>>> workflow during development. Having written scripts in Python before I
>>>> know the
>>>> syntax well, but I never really developed on open source software,
>>>> especially when
>>>> it comes to more than just a script. For now what I did was to download
>>>> the source (which
>>>> actually contains binaries)
>>
>> I very much doubt that. The s3ql-2.7.tar.bz2 does not contain any
>> binaries. Are you sure you downloaded the right file?
>
> Sorry if didn't make myself clear. I meant the python scripts in the
> bin folder.
Well, these are scripts, not binaries, as you said yourself :-).
> And I'm using the s3ql-1.17.tar.bz2. Should I use the other one (which
> I believe needs python 3)?
Yes, I strongly suggest to work on S3QL 2.x. The 1.x branch is
maintenance mode only, i.e. a dead end.
>>>> from the website and started to work on the src folder. But how would
>>>> I actually iterate between development and testing? Imagine I start
>>>> to create a new backend. How would I test my new backend? I'm sorry
>>>> if I sound like a newbie, but in this matter I really am :)
>>
>> Best way would be to add unit tests (see tests/t1_backends.py) and run
>> them with "py.test tests/". After that, try to use it in daily operation :-).
>
> Okay, I'll take a look and add my own files. but if I try to literally
> run `py.test tests` in the root folder it doesn't work (maybe I got
> something wrong?).
Yes, you forgot to include the error message in your email.
> BTW, when developing, after I update the code should I run `python
> setup.py {build, Cython,build_ext}` and run the scripts in the bin
> folder, if I mean to use it interactively (that is running the code I
> changed)?
As long as you don't touch the *.pyx files, there is no need to run
setup.py. If you run the scripts in the bin/ folder, they'll pick up any
changes automatically (and so do the tests).
Best,
Nikolaus
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