Re: Test suite in github but missing from pypi tarballs
On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 10:54 AM, Tristan Seligmann
<mithrandi@mithrandi.net> wrote:
> With my upstream developer hat on: source packages on PyPI are meant for end
> users to install via pip. They often include generated artifacts, and don't
> include things that aren't intended for installation via pip (tests being
> just one of these).
Interesting. In many years of working with Python (since before
either PyPI or pip), I have a slightly different perspective.
Source packages (whether on PyPI or not) with a setup.py (or whatever
comes next) are intended for both automated or developer consumption.
pip is just one possible tool; buildout is another, and others as
well.
> For distribution packaging purposes, the GitHub tags are generally
> preferrable. GitHub makes archives of tagged releases available as tarballs,
> so this is generally a simple tweak to debian/watch.
I'd generally be worried if the source package doesn't closely match a
tag in whatever VCS a project is using, but I don't think that's
essential, release processes being what they are.
This is really independent from the debate as to whether a test suite
should be included with the package, though.
-Fred
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Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fred at fdrake.net>
"A storm broke loose in my mind." --Albert Einstein
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