[Zope-dev] buildout "tests_require" analogue

[Baiju M]

Chris McDonough wrote:
>  Is there an equivalent for "tests_require" in
>  buildout.cfg/zc.recipe.testrunner?
>
>  The reason I ask is this... currently the zope.18n distribution has
>  an install_requires that looks something like this:
>
>  install_requires=[ 'setuptools', 'pytz', 'zope.i18nmessageid',
>  'zope.component [zcml]', 'zope.configuration', ]
>
>  That's actually a no-good pack of lies, though. ;-)  I'd like to
>  change setup.py to something like this:
>
>  test_suite = "__main__.alltests", # to support "setup.py test"
>  tests_require=[ 'zope.testing', 'pytz', 'zope.component [zcml]',
>  'zope.configuration', ], install_requires=[ 'setuptools', 'pytz',
>  'zope.i18nmessageid', 'zope.component', # *we* do not require
>  zope.configuration at all. Our tests # do (for silly reasons) and the
>  framework which uses our zcml # does. ],
>
>  But I want buildout tests to continue to work.

-1  for using different methods for running tests.

Testing packages should be done in same way by all developers.
If one person run tests in one way and another one in another way is not 
good.

IMO, we should have a policy to use Buildout for development of Zope 
packages.

Regards,
Baiju M