[Distutils] 'python setup.py test' in develop mode?

[Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis]

2010-12-18 00:16:52 P.J. Eby napisał(a):
> At 05:26 PM 12/17/2010 -0500, Barry Warsaw wrote:
> >Something bugs me about virtualenv, distribute, development, and testing.  I
> >figure I'm probably doing something wrong and that y'all will be able to set
> >me straight.
> >
> >I'm working on a new tool called pkgme[1].  It uses distribute and recommends
> >using virtualenv for development.  After activating the virtualenv you can do
> >'python setup.py develop' and do convenient in-place editing so that your
> >changes to the source show up immediately in the running environment.  So far
> >so good.
> >
> >However, when I want to run the test suite, it does the equivalent of a
> >'python setup.py build' and then runs the tests out of the
> >build/lib.{platform}-{version} directory.
> 
> Really?  That sounds wrong.  "python setup.py test" should run the 
> tests against the *source* tree, with in-place extension builds.

Modules are sometimes transformed by 2to3 during building (transformed versions
are placed in build/lib*). Running tests (with Python 3) against the source tree
would cause syntax errors etc.

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Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
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