Message161180
Currently, the devguide (http://docs.python.org/devguide/) mentions two sets of commands for running the CPython test suite:
* For Python 3, one uses: ./python -m test
* For Python 2.7, one must use: ./python -m test.regrtest because ./python -m test fails with an error:No module named test.__main__; 'test' is a package and cannot be directly executed
If you take these two variations and multiply by the 3 variations of "python" command required depending on the OS (Windows, OS X, or other), then there are 6 permutations. I would say that this doesn't exactly encourage newcomers to CPython to contribute.
To take away a bit of the complexity, I have an extremely simple patch that adds one two line file to make ./python -m test work on 2.7. |
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2012-05-20 03:56:52 | Marc.Abramowitz | set | recipients:
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2012-05-20 03:56:52 | Marc.Abramowitz | set | messageid: <1337486212.38.0.32150232851.issue14861@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
2012-05-20 03:56:51 | Marc.Abramowitz | link | issue14861 messages |
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