[Python-Dev] built-in Python test runner (was: Python Language Summit at PyCon: Agenda)

[Robert Collins]

On 5 March 2013 13:35, Eli Bendersky <eliben at gmail.com> wrote:

> Perhaps :-)
> I'm specifically referring to a new top-level script that will run all
> unittests in discovery mode from the current directory, as a shortcut to
> "python -m unittest discover". ISTM this is at leas in part what was
> discussed, and my email was in this context.

So that is interesting, but its not sufficient to meet the automation
need Barry is calling out, unless all test suites can be run by
'python -m unittest discover' with no additional parameters [and a
pretty large subset cannot].

-Rob

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