[Python-Dev] built-in Python test runner

[Donald Stufft]

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Barry Warsaw wrote:
> On Mar 05, 2013, at 02:11 AM, Donald Stufft wrote:
> 
>> Doesn't setuptools/distribute already have a setup.py test command?
>> That seems like the easiest way forward?
> 
> Yes, and in theory it can make `python setup.py test` work well.  But
> there are lots of little details (such as API differences for
> ensuring that doctests run, "additional tests" discovery, etc.) that
> make this often not work so well in practice.  Some of that is social
> and some of it is technical.  I still claim that including test suite
> information in a package's metadata would be a win, but maybe that's
> just too much to hope for right now.

For the "right now" solution you can easily override the test command
in setup.py. Long term this would be something that could be added to
the METADATA but I think it is (and rightly should be) lower priority
to actually getting it working for it's core purpose.

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