Annotation of /branches/WIP-pyshapelib-bramz/test/README

This directory contains the Thuban test suite.

To run all tests run runtests.py:

   $ python runtests.py

To run individual tests, run one of the test_*.py scripts, e.g.:

   $ python test_table.py -v


The tests use the unittest module of the python standard library.

Some of the tests expect the iceland sample data to be present in
../Data and so may fail if you're working from a source archive.

Test for optional features should be automatically skipped when run on
an installation where the feature is not available or the test can't be
run for some other reason as may be the case with the postgis interface
tests (see below). Skipped tests are marked with an S in the default
brief output and are listed after all test have been run.

The PostGIS tests require a PostGIS installation on the machine where
the tests are run even though Thuban can use PostGIS database as long as
psycopg is installed. The test will create their own database cluster in
temp/postgis and start their own postmaster process, so the only
requirement is that the software is installed and the various postgresql
command line programs are on the PATH because they're executed as
subprocesses to build the database cluster, start the postmaster, etc.


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1	bh	1671	This directory contains the Thuban test suite.
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3			To run all tests run runtests.py:
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5			$ python runtests.py
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7	bh	323	To run individual tests, run one of the test_*.py scripts, e.g.:
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9	bh	323	$ python test_table.py -v
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12			The tests use the unittest module of the python standard library.
13	bh	345
14			Some of the tests expect the iceland sample data to be present in
15			../Data and so may fail if you're working from a source archive.
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17	bh	1605	Test for optional features should be automatically skipped when run on
18			an installation where the feature is not available or the test can't be
19			run for some other reason as may be the case with the postgis interface
20			tests (see below). Skipped tests are marked with an S in the default
21			brief output and are listed after all test have been run.
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23			The PostGIS tests require a PostGIS installation on the machine where
24			the tests are run even though Thuban can use PostGIS database as long as
25			psycopg is installed. The test will create their own database cluster in
26			temp/postgis and start their own postmaster process, so the only
27			requirement is that the software is installed and the various postgresql
28			command line programs are on the PATH because they're executed as
29			subprocesses to build the database cluster, start the postmaster, etc.
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33			$Source$
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