[Python-Dev] Re: Stability and change (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Tue, 09 Apr 2002 13:19:18 -0400

On the topic of unit tests, I wonder if it makes sense to consider a new test directory outside of Lib/. As the test suite is beefed up (something which I think is a great idea), the disk space requirement for the test suite shouldn't be a factor -- the more non-overlapping tests the better, period -- but if it's part of the library tree, space should be a concern because that stuff gets shipped to the millions of users.

In other words, I'd like to have a test suite outside of what gets installed. The reason for not moving all of it out is that there is value in being able to run a post-install test suite, but I don't think it needs to be all of the tests. Reactions? --da

Disk space is cheap. YAGNI.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)