Re: [Fedora-packaging] Package tests?

[Miro Hrončok]

On 09. 06. 20 21:49, Miroslav Suchý wrote:
> Hi.
> On my system:
>    du -ch  /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/*/tests/
>    18 MB in total
>
> I did not see anything in Guidelines about packaging tests. Do we really need them in final package?

It depends on the package, but in majority of the cases, we don't.
> Are there any
> objection to propose in Guidelines something like:
>
> %exclude %{python3_sitelib}/YOUR-MODULE/tests

I am all in to say the tests SHOULD NOT be packaged (assuming the package works 
without them) and SHOULD either be removed or packaged into a -tests subpackage.

However, somebody might argue %exclude is not the bast tool for the job:

https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/issues/994#issuecomment-57657...

Side note: rpmlint upstream wants to warn about exactly this:

https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpmlint/pull/430