[Python-Dev] Refactoring test.support into a subpackage (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Sun Jul 28 12:20:46 CEST 2013

On 15 July 2013 20:22, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

At the PyCon AU sprints, some of the sprinters worked on a plan Chris Jerdonek and I came up with months ago to convert test.support from a module into a subpackage.

This plan arose from some nasty test suite hacks in the lead up to the release of Python 3.3, where some of the pkgutil tests ended up in test.testrunpy so they could use the package creation infrastructure I have in there without needing to extract a helper module with a release imminent. The scope of the plan covers a few distinct steps: 1. Move Lib/test/support.py to Lib/test/support/init.py (http://bugs.python.org/issue15494) 2. Add a new (documented) test.support.pkghelper submodule with the package creation support code (http://bugs.python.org/issue15403 and http://bugs.python.org/issue15376) 3. Move the pkgutil tests to test.testpkgutil where they belong (http://bugs.python.org/issue15358)

Just a heads up that I'm working on these first three steps this evening, so the Lib/test/support.py -> Lib/test/support/init.py move will happen shortly.

I'll also be landing the patch to add test.support.temp_dir() and test.support.change_cwd()

This shouldn't affect any other patches, unless they're adding or change things in test.support.

Cheers, Nick.

-- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia

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