[issue23882] unittest discovery doesn't detect namespace packages when given no parameters

[Terry J. Reedy]

Terry J. Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> added the comment:

>From the merge:

+++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
@@ -330,7 +330,9 @@ Test modules and packages can customize test loading and discovery by through
 the `load_tests protocol`_.
 
 .. versionchanged:: 3.4
-   Test discovery supports :term:`namespace packages <namespace package>`.
+   Test discovery supports :term:`namespace packages <namespace package>`
+   for start directory. Note that you need to the top level directory too.
+   (e.g. ``python -m unittest discover -s root/namespace -t root``).
 
The last sentence is missing a verb after 'you need to' saying what to do about "the top level directory.  "be in"?  "go to"?  "later destroy"? (just kidding ;-)

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nosy: +terry.reedy
status: closed -> open

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