Bug#725026: ITP: python-proboscis -- extends Nose with certain TestNG like features

[Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>

* Package name    : python-proboscis
  Version         : 1.2.6.0
  Upstream Author : Tim Simpson <tim.simpson@rackspace.com>
* URL             : https://pypi.python.org/pypi/proboscis
* License         : Apache-2.0
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : extends Nose with certain TestNG like features

 Proboscis is a Python test framework that extends Python's built-in unittest
 module and Nose with features from TestNG.
 .
 TestNG is a testing framework inspired from JUnit and NUnit but introducing
 some new functionalities that make it more powerful and easier to use.
 .
 Features:
  * Uses decorators instead of naming conventions.
  * Allows for TestNG style test methods, in which a class is initialized once,
    as an alternative to using class fields (see the example below).
  * Allows for explicit test dependencies and skipping of dependent tests on
    failures.
  * Runs xUnit style clases if desired or needed for backwards compatability.
  * Uses Nose if available (but doesn't require it), and works with many of
    its plugins.
  * Runs in IronPython and Jython (although if you're targetting the JVM you
    should consider using TestNG instead).