[Zope-CMF] unit test weirdness.

[Tres Seaver]

On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 09:34, Mark McEahern wrote:
> [Tres Seaver]
> > Running individual unit tests as scripts is *not* the canonical way to
> > run in a Zope setup;  getting the dependencies right for all the Zope
> > machinery is too much to expect individual test writers to do, and to
> > get right.
> 
> What are all the dependencies?  It seems like all I need to do is:
> 
> 1.  Set PYTHONPATH; e.g.,
> 
>     export PYTHONPATH='/usr/local/zope/lib/python'
> 
> 2.  Import Zope correctly in a way that works with or without ZEO:
> 
>     import Zope
>     Zope.startup()
> 
> 3.  Copy my Zope product to $zope/Products; e.g.,
> 
>     cp -R $myprod $zope/lib/python/Products

*That* is the evil part.  $SOFTWARE_HOME/lib/python/Products should
*not* contain "third-party" products;  those should be installed either
into $INSTANCE_HOME/Products or into a "shared" products directory
(using the PRODUCTS_PATH variable).

Otherwise you muddy what needs to be done to upgrade Zope itself.


> 4.  Run my individual test; e.g.,
> 
>     python2.1 $zope/lib/python/Products/$myprod/tests/$mytest.py
> 
> This doesn't seem that hard or complicated to me.  And I don't see any
> alternatives for my own tests.  I'm writing a Product that will be used
> primarily in a CMF portal, but it should not depend on CMF.  Given that, how
> should I expect to run it?  Surely I can't expect to run it with
> all_cmf_tests.py.  And why should I expect to make it dependent on
> $zope/utilities/testrunner.py?

If you want to redistribute your product, you must not assume that it
will be installed into the SOFTWARE_HOME.

> 
> I still have a feeling that I'm missing something.  I apologize for being so
> dense.  I appreciate your help.
> 
> Fwiw, I filed this bug:
> 
>   http://collector.zope.org/CMF/131

I think we can update the tests to be compatible with 2.6.1, using the
'try: Zope.setup()' bit.  We *won't* be updating them to remove the
'import Zope'.

Tres.
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