[pytest-dev] Transfer of pyfakefs to pytest-dev?

[hansemrbean]

Hi,

Thank you - I agree that pyfakefs is not a 100% fit, thus this mail 
instead of a formal request for transfer. I asked Bruno Oliviera (who 
helped with the pytest-order transfer) if he sees this as a possibility 
before writing this mail. I also had been searching for an organization 
related to general Python testing, but obviously didn't find one.

Cogs of testing sounds interesting - was this meant for Python testing, 
or general testing? Are there other libraries that you would see there? 
Maybe there is a related thread or post you can refer me to...

If the Cogs of testing organization can be brought to live, this may be 
an alternative, I just don't know how realistic this is. The main goal 
of the proposed transfer is indeed continued maintenance, and decreasing 
the bus factor.  Still undecided myself...

Cheers

Am 06.03.2021 um 23:01 schrieb Ronny Pfannschmidt:

> Hi,
>
> i'm not sure if this should go under pytest-dev,
> if i had found the time to make https://github.com/cogs-of-testing be 
> actually practical/known yet, i'd sugest it for there.
>
> -- Ronny
>
>
> Am 05.03.21 um 19:59 schrieb mrbean-bremen via pytest-dev:
>> After the successful transfer of pytest-order (thank you for that 
>> smooth experience!), I have been thinking about the transfer of 
>> another library - pyfakefs - where I am a contributor. I have been 
>> discussing this with the package maintainer, John McGehee, who is 
>> also in favor for this, and decided to first ask here if that is 
>> feasible.
>>
>> pyfakefs (https://github.com/jmcgeheeiv/pyfakefs) is a library that 
>> mocks the file system. It has originally been developed by Mike Bland 
>> at Google, later transferred to GitHub (after the shutdown of Google 
>> Code in 2011), where John McGehee has forked it, added direct support 
>> for unittest and doctest, and has maintained it since then (with my 
>> help since a few years ago). Later a contributor added support for 
>> pytest via the fs fixture, with more support for pytest following 
>> eventually. Today the fs fixture is probably the main means to access 
>> pyfakefs, judging by the issues and the dependent repositories.
>>
>> So, while pyfakefs is not a pure pytest plugin, and it doesn't follow 
>> the naming convention pytest-xx, we thought that it would be a good 
>> idea to transfer it to pytest-dev, with the following goals:
>>
>> - ensure continued maintenance
>>
>> - increase compatibility with pytest and pytest-plugins
>>
>> - improve visibility of the package, especially for pytest developers
>>
>> - ideally, benefit from the larger community to get more code reviews 
>> and issue reports
>>
>> For reference see also https://github.com/jmcgeheeiv/pyfakefs/issues/590
>>
>> What do you think? Thanks!
>>
>>
>>

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