Re: pybuild autopkgtest
> I've dropped using @builddep@ in general within the packages I'm
> involved to achieve exactly what Andrey has written, I want to detect
> broken or missing dependencies, broken tests by changed dependencies in
> other depending packages. And don't want to get this hidden by packages
> that are within @builddep@ that potential pull in the other then needed
> packages.
exactly
> Using @builddep@ is mostly not useful for testing Python packages.
does the python tools provide a way to get the runtime dependencies or the test dependencies of a package ?
This would allow to automatize a lot'of our packaging job, upgrade etc..
> So yes, need to figure out which packages then you want to have listed
> in d/t/control to make the tests pass.
yes.
I will use the doc snipset and customize it to have the right dependencies.
But I am wondering if the best would not be to have something more declarative like the extra_dependencies in order to supersede the full dependencies instead of just adding more dependencies.
Fred
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