Unittest CLI does not support test packages very well

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
cli, testing-qa

Research direction

The payload names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by reproducing how the unittest CLI handles test packages, then review the existing command-line and unittest tests to define the unsupported cases and a clear expected behavior before proposing changes.

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Description

stdlib type-feature
BPO 15007
Nosy @ezio-melotti, @merwok, @bitdancer, @voidspace

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2012-06-05.21:20:28.401>
labels = ['type-feature']
title = 'Unittest CLI does not support test packages very well'
updated_at = <Date 2012-06-15.08:06:10.611>
user = 'https://github.com/bitdancer'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2012-06-15.08:06:10.611>
actor = 'ezio.melotti'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = []
creation = <Date 2012-06-05.21:20:28.401>
creator = 'r.david.murray'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 15007
keywords = []
message_count = 3.0
messages = ['162374', '162379', '162385']
nosy_count = 4.0
nosy_names = ['ezio.melotti', 'eric.araujo', 'r.david.murray', 'michael.foord']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue15007'
versions = ['Python 3.3']

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