Re: alternative for python

2008-01-11 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote: > I know that some packages might not yet ship extensions built for 2.5, > but still, since lenny is targetting python >= 2.5, and unstable is > unstable, why don't we allow users to experiment a bit and change > default python on their systems to pyth

Running unittest on build?

2008-01-11 Thread Vincent Bernat
Hi ! Should we run unittest when building a python package? The main drawback is that we need to add more build-dependencies. -- Modularise. Use subroutines. - The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plauger) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: Running unittest on build?

2008-01-11 Thread Loïc Minier
On Fri, Jan 11, 2008, Vincent Bernat wrote: > Should we run unittest when building a python package? The main drawback > is that we need to add more build-dependencies. I think it's a good idea; if you think the build-deps for the test suite are too large to be in Build-Depends, perhaps you can

Re: Running unittest on build?

2008-01-11 Thread Brian Sutherland
On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 08:27:22PM +0100, Vincent Bernat wrote: > Hi ! > > Should we run unittest when building a python package? The main drawback > is that we need to add more build-dependencies. You could try autopkgtest. Aside from reducing build dependencies, you can also re-test the packag