On 04/21/2016 05:20 PM, Matthias Klose wrote: > On 21.04.2016 16:52, Thomas Goirand wrote: >> On 04/21/2016 04:10 PM, Edward Betts wrote: >>> Recently I've come across some Python libraries that have a test >>> suite in >>> their github repo but don't include it in the tarball they upload to >>> pypi. >>> >>> Debian binary packages don't normally include the test suite. >> >> Why? It's my view that it's a good idea to include it, if it is located >> within the lib itself. > > there is no benefit to include the testsuite if it cannot be run in the > install location.
Probably I'm too much influenced by what I do in OpenStack, where there is not only unit tests, but also functional tests. And it makes a lot of sense to include functional tests, so that they can be launched once the package is installed (and connected to other services). > Also for large testsuites a separate binary package would be preferred, Good point! I probably should start doing that in my packages, it would make a lot of sense to do so. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)
