On Sep 09, 2014, at 02:02 AM, Matthias Klose wrote: >we are trying to not include any "upstream" eco system into main, like >seen with maven. where we do it, we have continuous problems updating >and fixing issues like with ruby-rails. python-pip tox are build- >dependencies only, so please just avoid these during the build.
I don't know the history of the maven problems, but I don't think pip, virtualenv, or tox have been very difficult to maintain in either Debian or Ubuntu. All upstreams are pretty friendly and in the past have actively addressed issues that we have relating to these packages. tox is really not an ecosystem tool, it's a testing tool. It happens to run tests in a virtualenv and *can* use pip (although as a build-time test runner, especially with pybuild, it won't be able to do anything interesting with pip). Ultimately I think we're swimming upstream to deny tox in main, since it's use is pervasive and growing, and it's the only good one-command, no-guessing way to run a test suite. We know the fact that our cross-pocket restrictions, especially for build-deps is a problem (thus archive reorg). I don't think it will always be possible to just say "don't use tox to run your test suite" and I don't think it's a good idea to avoid running a test suite at build time. DEP-8 tests run in different environments and usually do not run automatically when doing local testing so they are not a substitute for build-time tests. So I disagree with prohibiting a common test tool from main. All that said, in the particular case of system-image, I will see if it's possible to bypass tox, but I'm not willing to avoid running its test suite at build time. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1349832 Title: [MIR] dependencies for tox - See LP: #1367016 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/distlib/+bug/1349832/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
