[Distutils] [buildout] including optional python packages for testing

[Maurits van Rees]

Op 18-02-11 10:07, Chris Withers schreef:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm using buildout to develop a package that uses sqlalchemy and
> sqlalchemy-migrate.
>
> As a result, I'd like to test with various real database drivers; mysql,
> postgres, etc.
>
> However, I don't want to force anyone who wants to check out and run the
> tests to have all supported database drivers available and compiled.
>
> So, I'm looking for some way of specifying "optional eggs" when running
> the buildout, and not in buildout.cfg so they don't accidentally get
> checked in.
>
> How can I achieve this?

Next to the install_requires in setup.py you add an extras_requires; 
here is an example from the plone.app.discussion package:

       extras_require = {
           'test': [
               'plone.app.testing',
               'interlude',
           ]
       },

If you want to install these extra dependencies in e.g. a buildout 
config, you specify plone.app.discussion[test] as an egg.


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