#13928: Problematic file filter in skip() from sage-ptest
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Reporter: ncohen | Owner: mvngu
Type: defect | Status: needs_review
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-5.6
Component: doctest | Resolution:
Keywords: | Work issues:
Report Upstream: N/A | Reviewers:
Authors: Nathann Cohen | Merged in:
Dependencies: | Stopgaps:
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Comment (by ncohen):
> Why do you install Sage into a hidden directory, or [`<flame>` ''why
would anybody want to do so'' `</flame>`] ?
I use a computer on which I am not root, I can only write stuff to my home
directory, and I have many things to install. So I don't want to see then
when I do "ls" in my home directory. Happened to me thousands of times.
> > What's the point of filtering `/.` directories anyway, I would be
surprised if anybody knows it actually does that !
>
> At least the one who implemented it knows, and others would perhaps be
surprised if we didn't.
>
> I thought it was obvious, but we don't want to hardcode the various
names of the hidden directories of revision control systems.
Then what's the problem with filtering the `/.` that appear in SAGE_ROOT ?
Nathann
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