[QA] [Wikitech-l] Migrating away from nose (was 2017-11-01 Scrum of Scrums meeting notes)

[Greg Grossmeier]

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<quote name="Kunal Mehta" date="2017-11-01" time="11:15:42 -0700">
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> Hi,
> 
> On 11/01/2017 10:53 AM, Grace Gellerman wrote:
> > === Scoring Platform === ** Converted our tests from nosetests to
> > pytest (Anyone else making the transition?) *** nosetests is
> > under-maintained *** python community is moving towards pytest ***
> > converting our repos was pretty straightforward
> 
> I didn't realize nose was in such a state :( They put a notice[1] on
> their website, but I always skipped it.
> 
> pytest[2] claims that it's compatible with nose out of the box - was
> that the experience you had as well?
> 
> Off the top of my head, Pywikibot, CI, and other miscellaneous
> projects all use nose and should probably be migrated over to pytest.
> 
> [1] https://nose.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#note-to-users
> [2] https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/
> 
> - -- Legoktm
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