[Python-Dev] possible backward incompatibility in test.regrtest

[Michael Chermside]

> Unless I miss something trivial (I hope so), I'd have to give up
> using the test.regrtest module.  I appreciate any comment.

Maybe the thing to do is to change:
>  if test.startswith('test.'):
>      abstest = test
>  else:
>      # Always import it from the test package
>      abstest = 'test.' + test
>  the_package = __import__(abstest, globals(), locals(), [])

to this:

>  if test.startswith('mytest.'):
>      abstest = test
>  else:
>      # Always import it from the test package
>      abstest = 'mytest.' + test
>  the_package = __import__(abstest, globals(), locals(), [])

in your own copy of regrtest. Converting to unittest would be better,
but this is a fix that would at least prevent immediate breakage.

-- Michael Chermside