[pytest-dev] [proposal] introducing attrs to the codebase

[Bruno Oliveira]

Oh good point Raphael.

Here's the link for the discussion about pip dropping Python 2.6:
https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/3955

Cheers,
Bruno

On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 8:57 AM Raphael Pierzina <raphael at hackebrot.de>
wrote:

> Hey there,
>
> I don’t mind adding a dependency as long as there is a need for it. +1
>
> The problem I see with ‘attrs’ as it stands today, is that it does not
> support Python 2.6 whereas pytest does. So we probably want to get
> https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/1273 in before adding ‘attrs’
> as a dependency. I’m not up-to-date with how things are in pip as to
> dropping Python 2.6 compatibility. I can’t seem to find a ticket on the pip
> issue tracker.
>
> Best,
> Raphael
>
> On 06 Dec 2016, at 09:52, Bruno Oliveira <nicoddemus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Ronny,
>
> Could you list the classes which you think would be changed to use
> 'attrs'? I'm not against adding another dependency if it can help us
> maintain the codebase. Also, introducing a new dependency should be done in
> `3.1.0`, not in a patch release.
>
> Cheers,
> Bruno.
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 5:44 AM Ronny Pfannschmidt <
> opensource at ronnypfannschmidt.de> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> i'd like to introduce https://pypi.python.org/pypi/attrs as a
> dependency,
>
> its a fairly usefull library that takes away quite some boilerplate and
> common error cause while automatically adding repr, comparators and
> similar small details to python classes.
>
> I have used it in a number of personal projects, and dont want to miss
> it by now.
>
> -- Ronny
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