[Python-Dev] core python tests

[Michael Foord]

Jeffrey Yasskin wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Collin Winter <collinw at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 7:33 AM, Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
>>     
>>> Antoine Pitrou wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> C. Titus Brown wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> I vote for a separate mailing list -- 'python-tests'? -- but I don't
>>>>>> know exactly how splintered to make the conversation.  It probably
>>>>>> belongs at python.org but if you want me to host it, I can.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>> If too many things get moved off to SIGs there won't be anything left
>>>>> for python-dev to talk about ;)
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> There is already an stdlib-sig, which has been almost unused.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> stdlib-sig isn't *quite* right (the testing and benchmarking are as much
>>> about core python as the stdlib) - although we could view the benchmarks and
>>> tests themselves as part of the standard library...
>>>
>>> Either way we should get it underway. Collin and Jeffrey - happy to use
>>> stdlib-sig?
>>>       
>> Works for me.
>>     
>
> Me too.
>
> bcc python-dev, -> stdlib-sig
>
> First question: Do people want the unladen-swallow performance tests
> in the CPython repository until the whole library gets moved out? If
> so, where? Tools/performance? Lib/test/benchmarks?
>   

I'm +1 on including them (so long as they run under trunk of course) but 
agnostic on location.

Maybe better not in test as it might be expected that a full regrtest 
would then run them?

I'm keeping Python-dev cc'd as it is a Python-dev decision and bcc 
messages require individual admin approval.

Michael

> Jeffrey
>   


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