[Zope-dev] choice of test runner...

[Jim Fulton]

On Mar 9, 2009, at 6:32 PM, Martijn Faassen wrote:

> Chris Withers wrote:
>> Wichert Akkerman wrote:
>>> I would like to see a move away from zope testing frameworks to a  
>>> more
>>> standard testing infrastructure: setup.py test, possibly combined  
>>> with
>>> using nose.
>>
>> I'd love to see a side-by-side feature comparison of the major python
>> test discovering and runner frameworks. It would then be  
>> interesting to
>> see if there's a compelling enough reason for The Zope Framework
>> steering committee to make a pronouncement on which one to use...
>
> My initial reaction is that the zope.testrunner is enormously
> featureful, we're using quite a few of those features, and it's being
> actively maintained. I think going to nose would be a lot of work
> without compelling new features, and I see little gain in that.
>
> I would like setup.py test to be supported somehow if possible.

+1

Jim

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Jim Fulton
Zope Corporation