[Distutils] Where should I put my tests in my package?
W. Matthew Wilson
matt at tplus1.com
Wed Nov 17 16:14:13 CET 2010
Right now, I've got a project that started off looking sort of like this:
pitz/
pitz/
cmdline/
webapp/
entity/
tests/
test_cmdline.py
test_entity.py
test_webapp.py
In my setup.py file, I have this line
packages=find_packages(exclude=[''tests']),
so that the tests don't get installed when the code is installed.
This works OK for now, but I'm adding more folders under the original
folders, like this:
pitz/
pitz/
cmdline/
webapp/
handlers/
__init__.py
statichandler.py
entity/
tests/
test_cmdline.py
test_entity.py
test_webapp.py
test_handlers.py
test_statichandler.py
It is getting more difficult to figure out the links between test
files and code files.
I have a few questions:
1. I would like to put lots of tests/ folders next to the code they
test, rather than at the top level of the project. How do I make sure
the tests folders don't get installed?
2. Should I worry about not installing tests? Should I install them?
3. Is there any pattern I should follow for organizing my tests
within my project?
Thanks for the help.
Matt
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