Re: [pytest-dev] pytest pre-sprint

2016-06-01 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi, thanks Florian - that sounds great. I would also appreciate that on the first sprint day. I will be arriving on the 19th in the afternoon. I a started working my way into the code base of pytest but I am also very interested in working on tox. Cheers Oliver On Wed, 1 Jun 2016 at 14:18

[pytest-dev] Participation in 2016 Sprint

2016-02-17 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hello, I would like to participate in the sprint and I won't need any funding. My name is Oliver Bestwalter and I live in Ravensburg near Lake Constance. I fell in love with Python in 2006 and work at Avira since 2011. I am part of a small team that is automating internal build, test and release

Re: [pytest-dev] Participation in 2016 Sprint

2016-02-20 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
On 17 February 2016 at 11:08, Oliver Bestwalter <oli...@bestwalter.de> > wrote: > > I would like to participate in the sprint and I won't need any funding. > > Great that you want to join us! > > > I am using py.test in all my pet projects and professionally since 2011

Re: [pytest-dev] Postpone 3.0?

2016-07-17 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi all, I just opened a PR adding the docs about our backwards compatibility policy: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/pull/1736 With that PR all necessary elements are in place as discussed (internal pytest warnings on by default, possibility to silence these warnings, documentation

[pytest-dev] pytest 3.0 release check list

2016-06-29 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi all, I created a wiki page containing the checklist for the 3.0 release that resulted from our discussion during the sprint. https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/wiki/pytest-3.0-checklist I think that is better than opening an issue, because everybody involved can update the page directly

Re: [pytest-dev] Google Summer of Code

2017-01-25 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hello, o.k. sounds all good to me then. I have a topic in mind already that could nicely be tackled which is what we started to draft already as part of the sprint: https://github.com/tox-dev/tox/blob/master/doc/drafts/extend-envs-and-packagebuilds.md - if we find a dedicated individual who

Re: [pytest-dev] Google Summer of Code

2017-02-10 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi all, I had a closer look at the timeline and what is involved and I think I would overreach myself if I would volunteer as a mentor this year already. I am basically a newbie to tox myself, so I better buckle down a bit first. I guess I will feel up to the task next year then. If students

Re: [pytest-dev] pytest 3.0.0 released!

2016-08-20 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi Bruno, wow, you're fast! Great! I wanted to do some testing over the weekend with the release candidate. Will do it with 3.0 now instead :) What I can already say is that I checked the feature branch against my main projects since the sprint and didn't have any problems. Cheers Oliver On

Re: [pytest-dev] pytest 3.0.0 released!

2016-08-20 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
I updated the checklist to reflect the current status as that is the first hit, if somebody is searchin for pytest 3.0 atm. https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/wiki/pytest-3.0-checklist Cheers Oliver On Sat, 20 Aug 2016 at 11:20 Oliver Bestwalter <oli...@bestwalter.de> wrote: > Hi Bruno, > >

Re: [pytest-dev] tox is now on github

2016-09-18 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hello Ronny, thanks a lot for going through the major PITA of doing such a move! One thing I noticed is that the 4 remaining pull requests have not been migrated. How can we deal with them? Also see: https://github.com/tox-dev/tox/issues/352#issuecomment-247791365 The link to the pull request

Re: [pytest-dev] t-shirts and stickers now out, thanks Florian!

2016-10-27 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi Florian, I really appreciate, that you opted for the harder but better quality route. The quality is really good - this comes from an enthusiastic T-Shirt wearer since the early 1980s - so thanks for going through all the trouble :) Cheers Oliver On Tue, 25 Oct 2016 at 15:43 Florian Bruhin

Re: [pytest-dev] Commit access to pytest

2016-11-16 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi Floris, thanks for the clarification. Cheers Oliver On Wed, 16 Nov 2016 at 20:42 Floris Bruynooghe <f...@devork.be> wrote: > On 15 November 2016 at 23:19, Oliver Bestwalter <oli...@bestwalter.de> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > will this be a "sorta

Re: [pytest-dev] Commit access to pytest

2016-11-15 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi, will this be a "sorta kinda C4" then or do we want to implement the whole thing as described in https://rfc.zeromq.org/spec:42/C4/ ? I ask because what you describe Floris is an interesting idea but I do not see the parallel to C4 as that process clearly has maintainers who merge PRs of

[pytest-dev] Suggestion: EuroPython pytest/tox/devpi helpdesk

2017-03-27 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi all, EuroPython is on the horizon and they have a new thing (or at least new for me) called "helpdesk" > Helpdesk / 10 slots > Helpdesks are a great way to share your experience on a technology, by offering to help people answering their questions and solving their practical problems. You

[pytest-dev] Sprint this summer?

2017-03-15 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi all, just want to get the ball rolling and ask if planning has started already and how I can help. This is mainly triggered by a question here: https://github.com/tox-dev/tox/issues/485 Would it maybe be feasible to coordinate this together with the EuroPython this year? Cheers, Oliver

Re: [pytest-dev] Sprint this summer?

2017-03-17 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
h is also why i can't participate in planning this year and also > likely can't be there in person. > > -- Ronny > > On 15.03.2017 13:47, Oliver Bestwalter wrote: > > Hi all, > > just want to get the ball rolling and ask if planning has started already > and how I can he

Re: [pytest-dev] [proposal] big flake8 cleanup before the 3.1 release

2017-03-17 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi all, I usually have all flake8 on full throttle and let PyCharm warn me (except for naming, I am a bit particular there I admit) and I have similar thoughts when wondering through the tox sources. I will watch how you do it and then maybe propose the same for tox afterwards. Good luck,

Re: [pytest-dev] [tox-dev] Suggestion: EuroPython pytest/tox/devpi helpdesk

2017-04-03 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
http://blog.ionelmc.ro > > On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 5:25 PM, Oliver Bestwalter <oli...@bestwalter.de> > wrote: > > Hi all, > > I just got the green light to go to EuroPython, so I volunteer to do the > proposal and in the worst case I will be helpdesking away on my own, but I

Re: [pytest-dev] [tox-dev] Suggestion: EuroPython pytest/tox/devpi helpdesk

2017-04-04 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi, I don't know what I saw yesterday, but the call for proposals ist not closed, There is time untill the 16th of April ... Oliver On Mon, 3 Apr 2017 at 22:57 Oliver Bestwalter <oli...@bestwalter.de> wrote: > Hi, > > I wrote a mail to ask. I also noticed that the cal

Re: [pytest-dev] [3.1 feature] "assert not raise exception" helper: opinions about the name

2017-04-05 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi, I am reading this thread with growing fascination, because I have the feeling I am missing something, so can I summarize? If I had a test, where I don't care about output and only about whther exceptions are thrown or not I would normally write this: @pytest.mark.parametrize( "req,

Re: [pytest-dev] [proposal] abolishing the features branch

2017-04-19 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi, +1 for making releases easier. Just a thought on the side: mid to long term we might even be able to synchronize workflows between projects and do something like jazzband ( https://jazzband.co/) for pytest/tox/devpi and plugins that are maintained by the community. Cheers, Oliver On Wed,

Re: [pytest-dev] [tox-dev] Suggestion: EuroPython pytest/tox/devpi helpdesk

2017-04-22 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
ou turn up :) I'll keep you posted if the proposal was accepted. Cheers, Oliver On Tue, 4 Apr 2017 at 16:16 Oliver Bestwalter <oli...@bestwalter.de> wrote: > Hi, > > I don't know what I saw yesterday, but the call for proposals ist not > closed, There is time untill the

Re: [pytest-dev] Help testing 3.2.0 release

2017-07-14 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi Bruno, I tried to install it into an existing Python 3.6 virtualenv and it stumbled over setuptools - running it again in the same env worked then. I pasted the call and a pip freeze here in case it is of interest: https://pastebin.com/xW7KfuuN Besides from that it works fine with the

Re: [pytest-dev] [tox-dev] Suggestion: EuroPython pytest/tox/devpi helpdesk

2017-07-04 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi all, the date for the helpdesk is tuesday from 10:30 to 12:00 and again from 14:00 to 15:30. I am also there on sunday and will stay for the sprints and do some work on tox, if you are interested to join in. See you in Rimini Oliver On Fri, 12 May 2017 at 21:33 Oliver Bestwalter <

Re: [pytest-dev] [tox-dev] Suggestion: EuroPython pytest/tox/devpi helpdesk

2017-04-24 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
> I maintain, but I’m sure I can also answer some pytest/tox/devpi queries > too. > > Cheers, > Dave > > On 27 Mar 2017, at 21:42, Oliver Bestwalter <oli...@bestwalter.de> wrote: > > Hi all, > > EuroPython is on the horizon and they have a new thin

Re: [pytest-dev] the potential need to release 4.0 instead of 3.1, proposal

2017-05-21 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi all, this is a bit meta, as I have not enough insight about the topic at hand (I did not follow the discussion closely), but as the one who proposed the policy at the last sprint, I feel obliged to give my two cents about that aspect of the discussion. I also try to give my perspective as a

Re: [pytest-dev] [rant] introduction of the new mark api will be deferred further - due to bad rotten spaghetti code

2017-09-06 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi all, maybe focussing all eforts on improving code and test quality for a while would be a good idea before attempting any big refactorings? Obviously you can't force anybody, but if that is a clearly stated intent of the pytest team combined with the warning that new features, etc. will be on

Re: [pytest-dev] [rant] introduction of the new mark api will be deferred further - due to bad rotten spaghetti code

2017-09-06 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
sorry, brain fart: I did not mean refactorings ... I actually meant the opposite: first refactor the code and tests to make it more maintainable and malleable before attempting to large scale functionality changes. On Wed, 6 Sep 2017 at 18:29 Oliver Bestwalter <oli...@bestwalter.de> wrote:

Re: [pytest-dev] [rant] introduction of the new mark api will be deferred further - due to bad rotten spaghetti code

2017-09-06 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi, and I just saw that pytest added coverage long ago - should have known :) Cheers, Oliver ___ pytest-dev mailing list pytest-dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pytest-dev

[pytest-dev] EuroPython 2018: help desk

2018-05-20 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi, I will be attending the EuroPython and just submitted the same proposal like last year to run a pytest/tox/devpi helpdesk. Last year was fun and most people who came had not much experience with the tools yet and were looking for some help introducing automated testing in their projects. If

Re: [pytest-dev] [tox-dev] EuroPython 2018: help desk

2018-05-21 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi Dave, great! Looking forward to hang out with you :) Cheers, Oliver On Mon, 21 May 2018 at 15:31 Dave Hunt <dh...@mozilla.com> wrote: > Hey Oliver, > > I’m there Monday-Saturday and would be happy to help out where I can! > > Cheers, > Dave > > > On 20 May

Re: [pytest-dev] [tox-dev] EuroPython 2018: help desk

2018-05-31 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hello all, I just got confirmation that the help desk proposal was accepted. See you in Scotland then :) Cheers, Oliver On Mon, 21 May 2018 at 15:52 Oliver Bestwalter wrote: > Hi Dave, > > great! Looking forward to hang out with you :) > > Cheers, > Oliver > > On M

Re: [pytest-dev] Code of conduct for pytest organisation on GitHub

2018-08-04 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi, I was following along and will propose the same for tox where I will also volunteer as a contact, so might as well volunteer here. Would be great though if there also was a female person available for contact (if possible then also for tox, if we do thr same there). Cheers, Oliver On Sat 4.

Re: [pytest-dev] pytest Quick Start Guide

2018-08-30 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
H Bruno, congratulations! Bought it right away - coming from you it has to be good :) Cheers, Oliver On Thu, 30 Aug 2018 at 17:09 Bruno Oliveira wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm pleased to announce the release of my book about pytest: > >

Re: [pytest-dev] Disable pushing directly to features and master branches

2018-07-06 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
sounds good. On Fri 6. Jul 2018 at 20:43, Floris Bruynooghe wrote: > On Fri 06 Jul 2018 at 12:13 -0300, Bruno Oliveira wrote: > > GitHub has started issue warnings that the email service we use to notify > > pushes to master and features will be discontinued (and we suspect it is > > not working

Re: [pytest-dev] Adding plugins to pytest-dev

2018-04-20 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
t; Floris, Oliver, > > If you want, I can get you bootstrapped on this Terraform setup. I can say > I almost know Terraform inside out. ;-) > > Ringo > > On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 9:17 PM, Oliver Bestwalter <oli...@bestwalter.de> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Flor

Re: [pytest-dev] Adding plugins to pytest-dev

2018-04-19 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi, Floris wrote: > That's a nice bit of automation. I like the idea that it works somehow, but after looking at the README it is still undistinguishable from magic to me. Floris wrote: > [0] Bonus points for whoever contributes a teams functionality to warehouse! This is why I think that this

Re: [pytest-dev] another "i have had it moment" and a stern request ro review our interaction with backward compatibility

2018-11-07 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi Ronny, I'd like to add my 2 cents from the perspective of an enthusiastic pytest user, who dabbles in a lot of projects using pytest and who occasionally teaches it: I use pytest since 2010 and can still remember a time when I was able to trigger the dreaded quite regularly and it was often

Re: [pytest-dev] Improving pytest internal errors and messages

2018-10-04 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Glad to help Oliveira ;) On Thu, 4 Oct 2018 at 21:28 Bruno Oliveira wrote: > Hi Walter ;) > > On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 4:21 PM Oliver Bestwalter > wrote: > >> About the naming things problem: I don't know if this is overkill, but >> how about having an exceptio

Re: [pytest-dev] Improving pytest internal errors and messages

2018-10-04 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi, I think this is a great idea. About the naming things problem: I don't know if this is overkill, but how about having an exception like e.g. ReportableError or KnownError that errors like using an invalid scope in your example can inherit from (e.g. InvalidScope) can inherit from. All errors

Re: [pytest-dev] Plans for Europython 2019?

2019-04-25 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hey, On 4/24/19 9:44 PM, Florian Bruhin wrote:> > Any other pytest-related plans? Oliver, do you plan to host another helpdesk > like in 2017/2018? Yes, I will propose doing a pytest/tox/devpi helpdesk again. I would also love to assist you with your training (like helping participants

Re: [pytest-dev] Plans for Europython 2019?

2019-04-25 Thread Oliver Bestwalter
Hi Florian, On Thu, 25 Apr 2019 at 11:22, Florian Bruhin wrote: > Yay! Feel free to add me there as well if you want: Great. Will do. > I'll definitely need some helpers again, thanks for the offer! Apparently the > training rooms have a capacity of 100 seats, and at least 2015/2016 there were