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[Jonathan Lange <jml@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sgtm

On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 03:47 Robert Collins <robertc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> So, I'd like to add a hard dependency on unittest2 in testtools.
>
> Here's my logic:
>
> We're now actively executing on the 'feed improvements upstream'
> desire. Each such improvement once its in the stdlib is not usable for
> another 10 years or so while folk raise their min python version
> slowly.
>
> unittest2 is (only) backports of those improvements to older pythons.
> It has no experimental features - its the stdlib and only the stdlib.
>
> So - rather than carrying the features we've added in testtools, once
> they are in the stdlib, we can inherit them via unittest2.
>
> This will make e.g. fixing test discovery permanently a lot easier on me :)
>
> -Rob
>
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