Running the test suite - how?

[codeinthehole]

Am looking into #28 but struggling to get the test suite to pass as a first step. It would be useful if some basic contributing instructions were added to the README.

What I tried

I set up the project by running:

python setup.py develop
pip install tox

Running tox worked for the python versions I have locally but it's just a simple smoke test.

I can't get the tests in the tests folder to pass right now, but I'm not sure which testrunner you use for development.

Running spec on its own chokes on a bad option:

It does seem that the correct CLI option is --with-specplugin``rather than--with-spec` - is that right? However, switching to this in the test cases doesn't resolve the issue - the tests still fail with a similar message. The problem seems to be rooted in how the plugin testcase works, which I'm not that familiar with.

Any help appreciated.

[bitprophet]

I actually never got this to work right myself (the test suite is mostly from before I forked off of pinocchio IIRC). Have been too much of a lazy ass to correct that or start over w/ a new test suite :( I know, worst practices for a test runner.

I'd be open to a new test suite that exercises most of what Spec does (re: selection & output). Not sure when I would get to that myself but if you want to take a crack at it, go nuts.