[TIP] Defining a convention for running tests, #2

[Michael Foord]

On 27/02/2010 21:54, Robert Collins wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-02-27 at 21:31 +0000, Michael Foord wrote:
>    
>> On 27/02/2010 20:55, Robert Collins wrote:
>>      
>>> On Sat, 2010-02-27 at 12:13 -0800, C. Titus Brown wrote:
>>>
>>>        
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I've updated the README for my SomePackage example code,
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> So, my key points are, I guess:
>>>
>>> python -m somepackage.tests.run - isn't very useful:
>>>   - doesn't define getting JUnitXML (is it a command line option? should
>>> you use subunit? should you use nose-junit, should you use
>>> xmltestrunner?)
>>>
>>>        
>> It is no less useful than "setup.py test" and Titus intends it to be
>> for a different situation - post installation where there is no
>> setup.py. It provides a standard entry point for running tests. The
>> issue of command line options is real but orthoganal.
>>      
> It is no less useful, but its not more useful either. If we define API
> conformance instead, then python -m<runner>  somepackage.tests is no
> less useful than *either* and can be more useful: runner glue can choose
> result objects, provide command line handling that the user finds
> atractive, provide parallel execution glue etc, while still being
> standardised.
>    

Except how does a project *specify* what the <runner> argument is 
supposed to be?

This is the value a standard entry point provides.

Michael

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