[issue8325] improve regrtest command line help

R. David Murray added the comment: Committed (with both call formats) to trunk in r80503 and py3k in r80505. -- resolution: -> accepted stage: patch review -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue8325] improve regrtest command line help

anatoly techtonik added the comment: To reach a consensus we can drop line numbering, but I still would like to see two variants of invocation. Sometimes I indeed copy library from trunk/ to main Lib/ for testing, but there is no better way to work with the test suite inside version control a

[issue8325] improve regrtest command line help

R. David Murray added the comment: You are correct, it wasn't an argument. I've never seen numbered alternatives anywhere *except* the svn merge help (which I've never looked at before, since I/we don't use it for python development). And I don't like them. (svn merge uses them to cross re

[issue8325] improve regrtest command line help

anatoly techtonik added the comment: Éric: svn merge R.David Murray: "The numbers should definitely not be there." is not an argument. `python regrtest.py` should also be a supported way to run regression suite. With only -m favor documented somebody can quickly forget about it. I use Mer

[issue8325] improve regrtest command line help

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[issue8325] improve regrtest command line help

R. David Murray added the comment: The numbers should definitely not be there. I favor just documenting the -m version, and you'll see why in the attached patch. I've incorporated Anatoly's improvement to the argument description and the option updates, and made some additional improvements

[issue8325] improve regrtest command line help

Éric Araujo added the comment: Hello I don’t know what “the tool I am using to commit the patch” is (I don’t commit patches), but every program I tested does not use numbers with usage/synopsis lines. Having the name of the program at the start of each line prevents me from thinking it’s a cont

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[issue8325] improve regrtest command line help

anatoly techtonik added the comment: Thanks for proofreading. I've uploaded a new version here with typo fix, but do not removed 1., 2. numbering. It is a very awesome feature of console UI. When you're in a hurry (and you always in a hurry when you forget something) it is easy to miss the li

[issue8325] improve regrtest command line help

Éric Araujo added the comment: Hello. I reviewed the patch and it looks good to me apart from two minor things. There’s one typo, “argumets”, and one nitpick: I’ve seen a number of programs with more than one usage line, none of them numbers the lines. So remove “1.” and “2.”. Thanks for th

[issue8325] improve regrtest command line help

Eric Smith added the comment: That diff format looks fine to me. I'll review the content of your changes in the next day or so. -- keywords: +easy, needs review priority: -> normal stage: needs patch -> patch review ___ Python tracker

[issue8325] improve regrtest command line help

anatoly techtonik added the comment: This should be enough for now. Is HG diff against trunk ok? -- keywords: +patch versions: +Python 2.6 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file16777/8325.improve-regrtest-help.diff ___ Python tracker

[issue8325] improve regrtest command line help

Eric Smith added the comment: Any suggestions for what these changes would be? -- nosy: +eric.smith stage: -> needs patch type: -> feature request versions: +Python 3.2 ___ Python tracker

[issue8325] improve regrtest command line help

New submission from anatoly techtonik : regrtest command line help can be greatly improved to encourage users run tests. -- components: Tests messages: 102443 nosy: techtonik severity: normal status: open title: improve regrtest command line help versions: Python 2.7 ___