[Zope-dev] Why is test.py silent by default

Chris Withers chris at simplistix.co.uk
Tue Oct 25 07:36:45 EDT 2005


Tres Seaver wrote:
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> The "default" usecase for running tests should be a developer making
> changes and running tests.  In this case, "silent" mode is unhelpful;
> it gives no feedback until the very end of the run, which takes a
> **long** time for the whole Zope2 tree.  The "dots" provided at
> verbosity level one are good feedback for the developer:  they provide a
> clue about how many tests have run, and give some chance of deducing
> that the tests have hung.
> 
> Unless somebody has a compelling counter-argument, I will check in a
> patch which makes verbosity level 1 ("dots") the default value.  People
> who want quiet mode can always pass '-q'.

+1

Chris

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