[Zope3-Users] Re: testing a meta-egg

[Christian Zagrodnick]

On 2008-04-04 14:22:06 +0200, Jim Fulton <jim at zope.com> said:

> 
> On Apr 4, 2008, at 7:14 AM, Adam GROSZER wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Is there a sane way (or recipe) out there that makes testing a
>> meta-eggs easier?
>> As I see now, I'll need to enter all dependent eggs as:
>> 
>> [test]
>> recipe = zc.recipe.testrunner
>> eggs = my-meta-egg [test]
>>       dep-egg-1 [test]
>>       dep-egg-2 [test]
>>       ...
>>       zope.interface [??test??]
>> 
>> Seems like buildout "knows" which eggs should be there.
>> This would be needed for a pre-installation test on the target system.
>> We need to make sure that all tests pass before going into production.
>> 
>> Any help is appreciated.
> 
> 
> IMO, testing the dependent eggs isn't desirable, however, I don't  
> object to providing an option to do it.

It might be better to just provide a variable containing all the 
dependent eggs like ${test:dependent-eggs}. You could do what ever you 
want then.

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