unittest.defaultTestLoader.discover fails for namespace packages
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Description
| BPO | 46635 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @brettcannon, @ncoghlan, @rbtcollins, @ezio-melotti, @voidspace, @ericsnowcurrently, @tpapastylianou |
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assignee = None
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created_at = <Date 2022-02-04.11:35:56.455>
labels = ['type-bug', 'library', '3.9', '3.10']
title = 'unittest.defaultTestLoader.discover fails for namespace packages'
updated_at = <Date 2022-02-04.18:25:49.066>
user = 'https://github.com/tpapastylianou'
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activity = <Date 2022-02-04.18:25:49.066>
actor = 'eric.araujo'
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closed = False
closed_date = None
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components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2022-02-04.11:35:56.455>
creator = 'tpapastylianou'
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issue_num = 46635
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messages = ['412505']
nosy_count = 7.0
nosy_names = ['brett.cannon', 'ncoghlan', 'rbcollins', 'ezio.melotti', 'michael.foord', 'eric.snow', 'tpapastylianou']
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priority = 'normal'
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status = 'open'
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type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue46635'
versions = ['Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10']
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with unittest.defaultTestLoader.discover and reproduce the reported failure using a namespace package. Read the unittest discovery implementation and existing discovery tests, if present, to identify the expected behavior. Done means namespace-package test discovery is covered by a regression test and behaves as documented.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- testing-qa
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100