[TIP] data files for testing

[Pierre-Yves David]

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 10:36:55AM +0000, Andrea Crotti wrote:
> On 12/19/2011 09:55 AM, Pierre-Yves David wrote:
> >Requiring a package to be installed to even developpe on it **is BAD**. Nothing
> >more that build phase should be necessary. And pure python package does not
> >need to be built.
> >
> >
> I agree in general, but it's also true that if you use virtualenv
> you still need to run
> develop.
> Also supposing that your testing requires for example mock or some
> other external
> libraries than you can't really test if you don't build something, right?

Installing dependency is always necessary. Installing them a virtual env is a
good solution if a system wide install don't make sense isn't possible.

I don't feel develop is the right answer to this "install dependancy" usecase
however. The way develop work is more a clumsy work around the fact that egg
break import logic of python.

-- 
Pierre-Yves David

http://www.logilab.fr/

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