Path: csiph.com!optima2.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Linux users: please run gui tests Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 03:43:41 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: c-24-118-110-103.hsd1.mn.comcast.net X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1438919021 11956 24.118.110.103 (7 Aug 2015 03:43:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 03:43:41 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.2 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:95102 On 2015-08-07, Terry Reedy wrote: > Python has an extensive test suite run after each 'batch' of commits on > a variety of buildbots. However, the Linux buildbots all (AFAIK) run > 'headless', with gui's disabled. Hence the following > test_tk test_ttk_guionly test_idle > (and on 3.5, test_tix, but not important) > are skipped either in whole or in part. > > We are planning on adding the use of tkinter.ttk to Idle after the 3.5.0 > release, but a couple of other core developers have expressed concern > about the reliability of tkinter.ttk on Linux. > > There is also an unresolved issue where test_ttk hung on Ubuntu Unity 3 > years ago. https://bugs.python.org/issue14799 > > I would appreciate it if some people could run the linux version of > py -3.4 -m test -ugui test_tk test_ttk_guionly test_idle > (or 3.5). I guess this means 'python3 for the executable. > > and report here python version, linux system, and result. > Alteration of environment and locale is a known issue, skip that. $ uname -a Linux aleph 3.12.21-gentoo-r1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Jul 2 22:46:08 CDT 2014 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3220T CPU @ 2.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux $ python3 --version Python 3.3.5 $ py -3.4 -m test -ugui test_tk test_ttk_guionly test_idle bash: py: command not found $ python3 -3.4 -m test -ugui test_tk test_ttk_guionly test_idle Unknown option: -3 usage: python3 [option] ... [-c cmd | -m mod | file | -] [arg] ... Try `python -h' for more information. -- Grant