[pytest-dev] (new) pytest plugins / note to plugin authors

[holger krekel]

On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 18:43 -0300, Bruno Oliveira wrote:
> But even just collecting the other information i mentioned (without
> > the test status / running questions) would already be helpful, btw.
> >
> 
> That seems simple enough, a script that queries pypi and extracts this
> information could be used to generate a page and/or statistics.
> 
> >From my understanding you would like a page to accomplish two things:
> 
> 1. A list of known py-test plugins and their py27/py33 status.
> 2. If the plugins work against latest pytest and against trunk, so pytest
> developers know if they're breaking existing plugins (intentionally or not).
> 
> Is that correct?

yes.  Along with repo information (probably not easy to automatically
detect but doesn't change often so once manually is fine).

> I'm trying to figure out a semi automatic way to accomplish both. :)

You can use pypixmlrpc, maybe, to get at meta info (but not something
like repository).

cheers,
holger

> Cheers,
> Bruno
> 
> 
> > cheers,
> > holger
> >
> > > The other part is how to present this info, but e.g. a CSV file
> > > > can be rendered by sphinx and the main docs could include it
> > > > or we make a separate page if need be.
> > >
> > >
> > > > thanks for considering to help!
> > > >
> > >
> > > Glad to. :)
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > > Bruno
> > >
> > > >
> > > > holger
> > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 10:09 AM, holger krekel <holger at merlinux.eu>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I just did three pytest plugin releases to get out a few minor
> > > > > > fixes and improvements. see below.  As far as i am aware most
> > > > > > existing plugins (as well as the new releases here) should be
> > > > > > compatible to pytest-2.4.2.  Some plugins like pytest-capturelog
> > > > > > have seen their latest release three years ago but remain
> > functional.
> > > > > > A good sign that the plugin system is reasonable i guess.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If someone wants to help with organizing plugin compatibility
> > > > > > tests and maintaining a status page, i'd really appreciate that.
> > > > > > With over 50 existing plugins it's not easy to stay on top.
> > > > > > The current pytest.org page is only a start:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >     http://pytest.org/latest/plugins.html#extplugins
> > > > > >
> > > > > > and here is the full pypi list:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=search&term=pytest-&submit=search
> > > > > >
> > > > > > there are also some github/bitbucket-only plugins, in addition.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And finally a note to plugin authors: please be subscribed
> > > > > > to pytest-dev and post new plugin releases here.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > best,
> > > > > > holger
> > > > > >
> > > > > > pytest-xdist-1.9:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > - changed LICENSE to MIT
> > > > > >
> > > > > > - fix duplicate reported test ids with --looponfailing
> > > > > >   (thanks Jeremy Thurgood)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > - fix pytest issue41: re-run tests on all file changes, not just
> > > > > >   randomly select ones like .py/.c.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > - fix pytest issue347: slaves running on top of Python3.2
> > > > > >   will set PYTHONDONTWRITEYBTECODE to 1 to avoid import concurrency
> > > > > >   bugs.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > pytest-xprocess-0.8:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > - support python3 (tested on linux/win32)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > - split out pytest independent process support into xprocess.py
> > > > > >
> > > > > > - add info.kill() method and some smaller refactoring
> > > > > >
> > > > > > - fix various windows related Popen / killing details
> > > > > >
> > > > > > - add tests
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > pytest-pep8:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > - use pytest-2.4.2 node.add_marker() API for adding "pep8" marker
> > > > > >
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