[TIP] including tests in packages, or not

Robert Collins robertc at robertcollins.net
Mon Sep 21 05:25:50 PDT 2009


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Olemis Lang wrote:

> What's wrong with setuptools test command ?

Someone that just has the package installed is less likely to have
setup.py there.

> IMO, if someone needs something like this then it would always be
> possible to subclass TestLoader . Why should that be included in the
> top-level (i.e. very simple ;o) TestLoader class ?

Why should someone have to subclass to get something that is both
trivial and extremely useful?

- -Rob
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