[Zope-dev] [Checkins] SVN: zope.publisher/trunk/ Moved dependency on zope.testing from install_requires to tests_require.

[Fabio Tranchitella]

Hello,

* 2009-08-08 16:20, Hanno Schlichting wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Fabio Tranchitella<kobold at kobold.it> wrote:
> > Log message for revision 102578:
> >  Moved dependency on zope.testing from install_requires to tests_require.
> 
> I thought we were not using tests_require yet, as it doesn't work with
> zope.testing / buildout properly. Instead we use extra requires named
> test for this purpose.

In zope.component we use tests_require, in the very same way, for example.
Shall I remove it there, too? Is there a policy/document which explains how
we use extras and tests_require?

> I'm a bit hesitant to introduce a test extra if it is just for
> zope.testing, though. The complication introduced by the extra doesn't
> seem to outweigh the advantage of loosing that one package to me.

To me it looks weird: tests_extra is there for this specific reason.
Why shouldn't we use it?

Thanks.

Fabio