[TIP] tox and setup.py

Michael Foord michael at voidspace.org.uk
Sat Jun 25 07:55:16 PDT 2011


On 25/06/2011 14:22, Jorge Cardona wrote:
> nosecover3 is does *not* the package i'm testing.
>
> I just noted that there is a line in _venv.py that it is commented at bitbucket:
>
>      def install_sdist(self, sdistpath):
>          #self._install(['-U', sdistpath])
>          self._install([sdistpath])
>
> I changed that and it works fine for me, the change was made at:
>
> https://bitbucket.org/jorgeecardona/tox/changeset/32bcad133fed
>
> By removed at the next commit:
>
> https://bitbucket.org/jorgeecardona/tox/changeset/46e70066e444
>
> I wonder then how is working for you? are you working with that commit?
>
> I will try to add this again as a option to tox.
>

Ah, interesting. No, I'm having to use tox version 0.9 because of a 
different bug in 1.0 (more specifically a problem with the version of 
virtualenv that tox 1.0 uses for Python 3).

All the best,

Michael Foord

>
>
> On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 6:29 AM, Michael Foord<michael at voidspace.org.uk>  wrote:
>> On 24/06/2011 22:16, Jorge Cardona wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Michael Foord
>>> <michael at voidspace.org.uk>    wrote:
>>>> On 24/06/2011 17:39, Jorge Cardona wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 7:01 AM, Michael Foord<michael at voidspace.org.uk>
>>>>>   wrote:
>>>>>> On 24/06/2011 03:58, Jorge Cardona wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have set a tox.ini with a setup.py which describe a python package
>>>>>>> and I tested it with tox, the first step is to create a sdist in zip
>>>>>>> format of the package, but I need to change the version to refresh the
>>>>>>> zip every time I want to test the code, there is a way to test it
>>>>>>> without change the package version every time?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> By default tox will recreate the sdist, for the main package under
>>>>>> test,
>>>>>> every time. Are you sure this isn't happening, or is this particular
>>>>>> setup.py for a dependency rather than the main package?
>>>>>>
>>>>> The setup.py is for the main package. But I just check and the zip
>>>>> file is correctly refresh by setup.py sdist, but tox doesn't refresh
>>>>> the installation, I know there is a way to force the refresh of the
>>>>> environment, but that takes so much time and every little change that
>>>>> I want to test would be pretty long.
>>>> Yeah, you don't need to refresh the environment just to test the current
>>>> version of your package under test.
>>>>
>>>> Can you paste your tox.ini to the list?
>>>>
>>> [testenv:local]
>>> changedir = tests/proj
>>> commands = python manage.py test core
>>> deps =
>>>      django
>>>      nose
>>>      django-nose
>>>      git+git://github.com/jorgeecardona/nosecover3.git
>>>      coverage
>>>
>> And I take it that nosecover3 is *not* the project you are testing? You
>> don't need to list the project you're testing as a dependency.
>>
>> If that isn't the problem then I'm not sure what it would be.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Michael Foord
>>
>>> (Sorry michael for the duplicated message)
>>>
>>>> Michael
>>>>
>>>>> Check the installation logs after a change, first without change the
>>>>> version:
>>>>>
>>>>> user at machone:<path>$ cat .tox/local/log/22.log
>>>>> <path>/.tox/local/log$ ../bin/pip install
>>>>> --download-cache=<path>/.tox/_download ../../dist/<package>-1.0.4.zip
>>>>>> 22.log
>>>>> Unpacking<path>/.tox/dist/<package>-1.0.4.zip
>>>>>    Running setup.py egg_info for package from
>>>>> file:///<path>/.tox/dist/<package>1.0.4.zip
>>>>> Cleaning up...
>>>>>
>>>>> And after the version change:
>>>>>
>>>>> user at machone:<path>$ cat .tox/local/log/23.log
>>>>> <path>/.tox/local/log$ ../bin/pip install
>>>>> --download-cache=<path>/.tox/_download ../../dist/<package>-1.0.5.zip
>>>>>> 23.log
>>>>> Unpacking<path>/.tox/dist/<package>-1.0.5.zip
>>>>>    Running setup.py egg_info for package from
>>>>> file://<path>/.tox/dist/<package>-1.0.5.zip
>>>>> Installing collected packages:<package>
>>>>>    Found existing installation:<package>      1.0.4
>>>>>      Uninstalling<package>:
>>>>>        Successfully uninstalled<package>
>>>>>    Running setup.py install for<package>
>>>>> Successfully installed<package>
>>>>> Cleaning up...
>>>>>
>>>>> Look that the way in which pip is called doesn't update the package,
>>>>> I'm using tox 1.0, there is a way to add a single -U to that command?
>>>>>
>>>>>> (I use tox for mock and run tests in between minor edits without
>>>>>> bumping
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> version number. It builds a fresh sdist and installs it into the
>>>>>> virtualenvironments every time.)
>>>>>>
>>>>> Mmm, that's what I want to do. :(
>>>>>
>>>>>> All the best,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Michael
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> http://www.voidspace.org.uk/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> May you do good and not evil
>>>>>> May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others
>>>>>> May you share freely, never taking more than you give.
>>>>>> -- the sqlite blessing http://www.sqlite.org/different.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> http://www.voidspace.org.uk/
>>>>
>>>> May you do good and not evil
>>>> May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others
>>>> May you share freely, never taking more than you give.
>>>> -- the sqlite blessing http://www.sqlite.org/different.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> http://www.voidspace.org.uk/
>>
>> May you do good and not evil
>> May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others
>> May you share freely, never taking more than you give.
>> -- the sqlite blessing http://www.sqlite.org/different.html
>>
>>
>
>


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May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others
May you share freely, never taking more than you give.
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