Tests missing from PyPI

[jtojnar]

I am trying to package pyuca for NixOS but cannot run tests because the PyPI package lacks them.

See also the Debian thread about the issue:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2016/04/msg00074.html

[jtauber]

I don't think the tests should ship with the package normally. Is there a workaround I can help with?

[jtojnar]

I think you are supposed to include the unit test into the tarball but not into the wheel.

Looking through the packaging docs, I could not find anything mentioning whether to include tests into the tarball. The following StackOverflow answers suggest they are supposed to be included:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/16444257/160386
https://stackoverflow.com/a/32391295/160386
https://stackoverflow.com/a/14437754/160386

Out of top 15 packages on PyPI, only three (pip, awscli and colorama) do not include tests in the tarballs so it seems to be common practice.

[jtauber]

yep, makes sense to include them in a source distribution. I just need to work out how to now :-)

[jtojnar]

Requests seem to add it through MANIFEST.in: https://github.com/requests/requests/blob/master/MANIFEST.in

[pgajdos]

I can second that. Unit tests can be used by packagers to test the distro package.