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Excerpts from Robert Collins's message of 2015-07-09 10:37:17 +1200:
> I don't remember if this has previously been discussed, but as our
> Python3 readiness increases folk are going to feel pain from testr due
> to a silly Python 2/3 incompatibility around dbm files.
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/testrepository/+bug/1212909
> 
> OpenStack (alone in the universe as far as I can tell) installs
> testrepository *inside* a tox venv. This then causes the timing
> database to be Python version specific. It also causes the test venv
> to suck in any dependencies testr might add.
> 
> But testrepository is like tox- its meant to be installed systemwide
> (or at least in its own venv) and then just used to *run* test runners
> within whatever context.
> 
> So - I'm looking to:
> 
> A) have a discussion and identify any issues with moving testr out of
> the venvs. (Note: this doesn't mean stop using it, just removing it
> from test-requirements.txt, in the same way that tox isn't in
> test-requirements.txt).
> B) Capture that in a spec if its non-trivial.
> C) find volunteers to make it happen.

How much work would it be to make testrepository use a database format
that would be the same under all versions of python?

Doug