[TIP] [tox] question re: shared test environment settings

[holger krekel]

On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 22:49 +0000, holger krekel wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 23:38 -0700, Chris Jerdonek wrote:
> > When using tox, if multiple test environments (e.g. py24, py25, and
> > py26) should share the same test environment settings, is there a way
> > to have them share the same settings other than cutting and pasting
> > the same settings into three different sections of the INI?
> > 
> > I know that I could make those settings the defaults, but then I would
> > have the same issue for py27, py31, and py32, etc.
> 
> in the upcoming tox-1.4 version there is support for referencing 
> values across sections, see:
> 
>     http://tox.testrun.org/latest/config.html#substition-for-values-from-other-sections

please note that the exact syntax is still open to suggestions and is
currently considered experimental until tox-1.4 is officially released.

holger