[issue18451] Omit test files in devinabox coverage run

Changes by Brett Cannon : -- resolution: -> wont fix status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list

[issue18451] Omit test files in devinabox coverage run

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: > The problem is confusing new contributors. > > "Why wasn't this test run?" > "Because you're not on OS X." > "Why wasn't this run?" > "I didn't have internet at the time." Well, you're trying to fix a symptom, rather than the underlying cause. And the concept

[issue18451] Omit test files in devinabox coverage run

Brett Cannon added the comment: The problem is confusing new contributors. "Why wasn't this test run?" "Because you're not on OS X." "Why wasn't this run?" "I didn't have internet at the time." It's noise that's unnecessary. People should be focusing on the coverage of the modules in the stdli

[issue18451] Omit test files in devinabox coverage run

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: > The key problem with keeping them is that beginners might mistake > that a test didn't run simply because some resource wasn't available > when the tests were run (e.g. I forget to run the coverage report so > I do it on an airport to the conference and have no

[issue18451] Omit test files in devinabox coverage run

Brett Cannon added the comment: The key problem with keeping them is that beginners might mistake that a test didn't run simply because some resource wasn't available when the tests were run (e.g. I forget to run the coverage report so I do it on an airport to the conference and have no Intern

[issue18451] Omit test files in devinabox coverage run

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: Is it common practice to ignore test files in coverage reports? It sounds like not omitting them can help you find out if e.g. some tests are not run by mistake. -- nosy: +pitrou ___ Python tracker

[issue18451] Omit test files in devinabox coverage run

New submission from Brett Cannon: Devinabox's full_coverage.py run should omit test files. Probably need to put the path in quotes for proper escaping (same for report). -- assignee: brett.cannon keywords: easy messages: 193056 nosy: brett.cannon priority: normal severity: normal stage: