On Mon, 2019-06-24 at 22:10 +0200, Miro Hrončok wrote: > On 24. 06. 19 22:06, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: > > On Mon, 2019-06-24 at 12:09 -0400, Ben Cotton wrote: > > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Move_test.support_module_to_python3-test_subpackage > > > > > > == Summary == > > > > > > Move <code>test.support</code> from <code>python3-libs</code> to > > > <code>python3-test</code> subpackage. > > > > > > == Owner == > > > * Name: [[User:lbalhar| Lumír Balhar]] > > > * Email: [mailto:lbalhar@xxxxxxxxxx| lbalhar@xxxxxxxxxx] > > > > > > > > > == Detailed Description == > > > > > > Python test modules should be used only for testing Python itself. > > > However, some packages have buildtime or runtime dependency on parts > > > of Python test modules. The aim of this change is to move the most > > > popular Python test module <code>test.support</code> from > > > <code>python3-libs</code> to <code>python3-test</code> subpackage > > > which will help us discover packages which depend on it and also > > > identify parts of the module which might be useful to move to standard > > > library. > > > > The main reason for this change is to *experiment* and see what breaks > > when it is moved? Why can't that be done in copr instead? > > The main reason for this change is to make packaging of Python easier (and more > explicit) and less error prone in the future. Discovering packages that need > test.support is a secondary goal that help upstream but does not help Fedora much. > > Should the change be reworded so this is more clear? I would say the scoping should happen (e.g. in copr) first, then we'll know what the scope (and hence feasibility) of this change truly is. -- Yaakov Selkowitz Senior Software Engineer - Platform Enablement Red Hat, Inc. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
