unittest fails with "Start directory is not importable" when trying to run sourceless tests
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Description
| BPO | 26859 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @rbtcollins, @Fak3, @vadmium |
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assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2016-04-26.13:42:17.449>
labels = ['tests', 'type-bug', 'library']
title = 'unittest fails with "Start directory is not importable" when trying to run sourceless tests'
updated_at = <Date 2019-12-10.08:16:01.494>
user = 'https://github.com/xdegaye'
bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2019-12-10.08:16:01.494>
actor = 'xdegaye'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)', 'Tests']
creation = <Date 2016-04-26.13:42:17.449>
creator = 'xdegaye'
dependencies = []
files = ['42611', '42646', '43507']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 26859
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 7.0
messages = ['264283', '264338', '264361', '264431', '264472', '268918', '269055']
nosy_count = 4.0
nosy_names = ['rbcollins', 'Roman.Evstifeev', 'martin.panter', 'Pam.McANulty']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue26859'
versions = ['Python 3.6']
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Research direction
Start by reviewing unittest.patch and unittest_2.patch, especially the included test case, then examine the unittest test-discovery behavior for sourceless tests. Compare the later unittest_3.patch with the reported failure. Done means the sourceless-test scenario no longer raises "Start directory is not importable" and the regression test passes.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- testing-qa
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100