[Biopython-dev] [Bug 2733] Runing unit tests where Biopthyon wasn't built from source

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http://bugzilla.open-bio.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2733





------- Comment #6 from biopython-bugzilla at maubp.freeserve.co.uk  2009-01-15 12:18 EST -------
(In reply to comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #0)
> 
> What about re-organizing the tests in three categories:
> - the ones needed to make sure the modules don't contain errors
> - the ones needed to make sure that biopython can run correctly
>   in the user's environment
> - the ones needed to make sure that the C modules are compiled correctly.
> 
> Usually, people don't need to repeat the tests from case 1, but only
> case 2 and in 3 if they have compiled biopython by theirselves.

Case 1 applies to all the unit tests.
Case 2 applies to all the unit tests whose dependencies are present.
Case 3 applies to those modules with C code.

I don't really understand your divisions.  If was compiling Biopython myself,
I've want all the tests run.  If I installed a pre-compiled version Biopython
(from a Linux distribution or the Windows installers), I'd still want to try
and run all the tests.

There is the special case of trying to use Biopython without the C code modules
(e.g. installing from source without a C compiler, or for repackaging a subset
of the modules), but that is atypical.


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