Ubuntu Python not complete

[Jerzy Jalocha N]

I am trying to use the standard tests (like test_list.py or
test_dict.py) from the standard library (Python2.5), but they aren't
available on a standard Ubuntu Hardy or Ibex installation. Searching
in the official download, I found a rich test structure under
'Lib/test/', but in my installation, this directory doesn't contain
much. The apt-file script didn't find any packages for these specific
files either. I looked manually in any 'python-' package that seemed
reasonable (*-dbg, *-dev, for example), with no success. I asked in
the Python mailing list, nobody seems to know about that problem.
(http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2008-November/516690.html)

I guess that the Python packages in Ubuntu are directly inherited from
Debian. In that case, I am willing to contact the responsible Debian
maintainers, and ask them to support the _complete_ Python distribution.

Thanks for your work!

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

we usually don't install test suites in the binary packages; you can find the test suite in the source package and it is run during the build. Is there a reason why python should be handled specificly?

[Jerzy Jalocha N (jjalocha)]

OK, I understand your policy, and it makes sense. But I think it would be important to explain this situation in the /usr/share/doc/python2.5/README.Debian
 (or wherever appropriate). The number of Python packages in a Debian(derived) distribution is really huge, and discovering the right package with the tests is a daunting task.

I have still been unable to locate them. Even the 'apt-file' tool has failed completely! (Yes, I have the sources repositories activated in /etc/apt/sources-list.)

I don't know about the whole Python test suite, but there are at least some tests that are interesting for general purposes. Modules such as test_dict, test_iter, test_list or test_sets are very convenient for testing custom containers which adhere to standard interfaces, and are expected to work reliably. With the introduction of Abstract Base Classes (ABC) in Python 2.6 , this kind of tests should become even more important.

Thank you for your interest!

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

please could you name all these test files which are used by other testsuites?

[Jerzy Jalocha N (jjalocha)]

I am really just a Python beginner, and so, I don't really know, which are the important files here. But searching through the 'test' directory, the following files might be relevant:

list_test.py
mapping_tests.py
seq_tests.py
string_tests.py
test_abstract_numbers.py
test_array.py
test_decimal.py
test_defaultdict.py
test_deque.py
test_dict.py
test_enumerate.py
test_float.py
test_fractions.py
test_iter.py
test_list.py
test_set.py
test_sets.py
test_str.py
test_string.py
test_struct.py
test_structmembers.py
test_structseq.py
test_tuple.py
test_unicode.py

[Devin Jeanpierre (jeanpierreda)]

This breaks some of my code too. I've resorted to copying and pasting code from Python just so that it works on the broken Ubuntu system.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package python2.7 - 2.7.4-1ubuntu4

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python2.7 (2.7.4-1ubuntu4) raring; urgency=low

  * Build a libpython2.7-testsuite package. LP: #301629.
  * Add autopkg tests to run the installed testsuite in normal and debug
    mode.
  * Re-enable running the tests during the build.
  * Idle updates:
    - Issue #17657: Show full Tk version in IDLE's about dialog.
    - Issue #17613: Prevent traceback when removing syntax colorizer.
    - Issue #1207589: Backwards-compatibility patch for right-click menu.
    - Issue #16887: Now accepts Cancel in tabify/untabify dialog box.
    - Issue #14254: Now handles readline correctly across shell restarts.
    - Issue #17614: No longer raises exception when quickly closing a file.
    - Issue #6698: Now opens just an editor window when configured to do so.
    - Issue #8900: Using keyboard shortcuts in IDLE to open a file no longer
      raises an exception.
    - Issue #6649: Fixed missing exit status.
 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:53:02 +0200

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package python3.3 - 3.3.1-1ubuntu2

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python3.3 (3.3.1-1ubuntu2) raring; urgency=low

  * Idle updates:
    - Issue #17657: Show full Tk version in IDLE's about dialog.
    - Issue #17613: Prevent traceback when removing syntax colorizer.
    - Issue #1207589: Backwards-compatibility patch for right-click menu.
    - Issue #16887: Now accepts Cancel in tabify/untabify dialog box.
    - Issue #17625: Close the replace dialog after it is used.
    - Issue #14254: Now handles readline correctly across shell restarts.
    - Issue #17614: No longer raises exception when quickly closing a file.
    - Issue #6698: Now opens just an editor window when configured to do so.
    - Issue #8900: Using keyboard shortcuts in IDLE to open a file no longer
      raises an exception.
    - Issue #6649: Fixed missing exit status.
  * Build a libpython3.3-testsuite package. LP: #301629.
  * Add autopkg tests to run the installed testsuite in normal and debug
    mode.
  * Re-enable running the tests during the build.
  * Add pyconfig.h compatibility headers. LP: #1094246.
 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:05:23 +0200