Re: [Distutils] sampleproject: use tox?

2015-10-11 Thread Robert Collins
On 9 October 2015 at 09:05, Thomas Güttler wrote: > This is a follow up to the thread "Where should I put tests when packaging > python modules?" > > I have never used tox up to now. But reading the mails of the thread, it seems > that tox is the current state of

Re: [Distutils] sampleproject: use tox?

2015-10-10 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 9 October 2015 at 20:11, Ionel Cristian Mărieș wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Paul Moore wrote: >> >> >> The sample project is not intended for that purpose. It's a good >> starting point for something like that, but that's not its

Re: [Distutils] sampleproject: use tox?

2015-10-10 Thread Ionel Cristian Mărieș
On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 5:11 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote: > This unfortunately isn't a good idea, at least for folks aiming to > publish their first project. While it's well-intentioned, the problem > with it is that it can be *tremendously* demotivating for folks that > aren't

Re: [Distutils] sampleproject: use tox?

2015-10-10 Thread Wes Turner
On Oct 10, 2015 9:55 AM, "Ionel Cristian Mărieș" wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 5:11 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote: >> >> This unfortunately isn't a good idea, at least for folks aiming to >> publish their first project. While it's well-intentioned, the

Re: [Distutils] sampleproject: use tox?

2015-10-09 Thread Ionel Cristian Mărieș
On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Paul Moore wrote: > > The sample project is not intended for that purpose. It's a good > starting point for something like that, but that's not its purpose. > > Paul > > PS I sympathise with your wish for a "do this to set up your first >

Re: [Distutils] sampleproject: use tox?

2015-10-09 Thread Thomas Güttler
Am 08.10.2015 um 23:33 schrieb Antoine Pitrou: On Thu, 8 Oct 2015 22:05:16 +0200 Thomas Güttler wrote: This is a follow up to the thread "Where should I put tests when packaging python modules?" I have never used tox up to now. But reading the mails of the

Re: [Distutils] sampleproject: use tox?

2015-10-09 Thread Paul Moore
Well, https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/distributing/ already says """ The section does not aim to cover best practices for Python project development as a whole. For example, it does not provide guidance or tool recommendations for version control, documentation, or testing """ It may be

Re: [Distutils] sampleproject: use tox?

2015-10-09 Thread Paul Moore
On 9 October 2015 at 10:32, Thomas Güttler wrote: > My question was: Any reasons not to use tox in the sample project? 1. Because the sample project is intended to explain how to *package* a project, not how to test it, or document it, or any of a number of other

Re: [Distutils] sampleproject: use tox?

2015-10-08 Thread Chris Jerdonek
On Thursday, October 8, 2015, Thomas Güttler wrote: > This is a follow up to the thread "Where should I put tests when packaging > python modules?" > > I have never used tox up to now. But reading the mails of the thread, it > seems > that tox is the current state

Re: [Distutils] sampleproject: use tox?

2015-10-08 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Thu, 8 Oct 2015 22:05:16 +0200 Thomas Güttler wrote: > This is a follow up to the thread "Where should I put tests when packaging > python modules?" > > I have never used tox up to now. But reading the mails of the thread, it seems > that tox is the current

[Distutils] sampleproject: use tox?

2015-10-08 Thread Thomas Güttler
This is a follow up to the thread "Where should I put tests when packaging python modules?" I have never used tox up to now. But reading the mails of the thread, it seems that tox is the current state of the art. This leads me to the conclusion that the sample project should use tox. Any