[Distutils] Project tests and zc.buildout (was: Ignoring site-packages when running zc.buildout tests)

[Jim Fulton]

On Oct 30, 2007, at 7:16 PM, Ross Patterson wrote:

> Jim Fulton <jim at zope.com> writes:
>
>> On Oct 30, 2007, at 6:52 PM, Ross Patterson wrote:
>>
>>> Jim Fulton <jim at zope.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> On Oct 30, 2007, at 6:34 PM, Ross Patterson wrote:
>>>>>   Should the zc.buildout tests be modified or should my
>>>>> system?
>>>>
>>>> Probably. Note that the zc.buildout tests only work when run from a
>>>> zc.buildout checkout.  I need to fix this.
>>>
>>> FWIW, this is how I was running them and my system installed  
>>> packages
>>> were still causing test failures, unless I'm misunderstanding  
>>> things.
>>
>> Sorry, I should have used 2 paragraphs.  I was simply pointing out
>> some issues with the tests, independent of the specific issue you
>> raised.
>
> Actually, that raises another questions I've been wanting to ask.  Is
> there a good story for using a project buildout for running tests  
> while
> still supporting "python setup.py test" for the same project?

No. The test command to setup is completely specific to that  
command.  The meta data to support it isn't available to anything else.

...

> On a somewhat related note, is there a paster script that does initial
> testing buildout layout for a new project?  How about initial tests
> layout for a new project?

I can't say anything about paster. I don't use it.

I'm not aware of anything.  The common layout is so simple, that  
automating it isn't all that attractive to me.  IMO, a template that  
gets copied around would be enough.  I even created one, but I don't  
remember where I put it. :)

Jim

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Jim Fulton
Zope Corporation