pytest-dev / pytest-dev/pytest
Have a way to control order of plugin loading
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type: enhancement
type: proposal
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Description
It appears that the order of pkg_resources.iter_entry_points is pretty arbitrary.
I would like pytest to order that so I can say pytest-cov must load before pytest-benchmark. Currently I cannot use pytest-cov to measure pytest-benchmark due to the ordering issue.
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Research direction
Start by tracing pytest's plugin-loading path from pkg_resources.iter_entry_points and inspect how pytest-cov and pytest-benchmark are discovered. Define how a user would express precedence and verify that the requested ordering is applied without breaking other plugin loading.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- testing-qa
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100