[Zope-dev] Why is test.py silent by default

[Tres Seaver]

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The "default" usecase for running tests should be a developer making
changes and running tests.  In this case, "silent" mode is unhelpful;
it gives no feedback until the very end of the run, which takes a
**long** time for the whole Zope2 tree.  The "dots" provided at
verbosity level one are good feedback for the developer:  they provide a
clue about how many tests have run, and give some chance of deducing
that the tests have hung.

Unless somebody has a compelling counter-argument, I will check in a
patch which makes verbosity level 1 ("dots") the default value.  People
who want quiet mode can always pass '-q'.


Tres.
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