How should I run bazel tests ?

[eLvErDe]

Hi there,

I added the WORKSPACE file from GitHub into the package published on pypi, but when I run

bazel test absl

It says:

ERROR: no targets found beneath 'absl'.
INFO: Elapsed time: 0.105s
ERROR: Couldn't start the build. Unable to run tests.

Thanks

[yilei]

Hi,

The package published on PyPI doesn't include tests nor bazel BUILD files. If you are interested in running tests, you can clone the repo then run bazel:

git clone git@github.com:abseil/abseil-py.git
cd abseil-py
bazel test absl/...

I'll update the README.md files so it's more clear.

[eLvErDe]

Any reason why this is excluded from pypi release ?

[yilei]

We don't want to pollute the PyPI library with the tests, since they are not part of the API we provide. Plus, the tests require bazel, which isn't a thing you would run inside a pip installed directory.

[eLvErDe]

Fair enough, but distributions integrating absl could be interested in running the testsuite (my case)

[yilei]

Right now our tests aren't structured to be run without bazel, and we also don't want to add bazel as an extra dependency for things related to the PyPI distribution.

I think it's technically possible to run at least some of the tests without bazel, and provide them as part of PyPI test suites. But we are not there yet.

[eLvErDe]

It's fine to run them through bazel, this is only required to build the original package and provide a proof that the code it's working fine. It won't be required when installing the binary package (exactly the same as Sphinx and various "heavy" documentation system).
Anyway, could you create a GitHub tag matching pypi releases ? That would be a perfect workaround for people looking for source code along the matching test suite. Thanks

[yilei]

git-tags are indeed useful.

We'd like to create tags named like pypi-v0.1.10, pypi-v0.1.11. Would this work for you?

We want to emphasize that these are for mapping PyPI releases only, and de-emphasize the concept of versions for users who directly depend on source code. Hence the prefix pypi-.

[yilei]

A git-tag is created for the latest PyPI release. Future releases will also include such tags.

[jayvdb]

rpm packaging is done within a VM without internet access.

When I try testing with bazel, it attempts to fetch lots of packages from the internet.

Is there any way to use bazel without internet ? Pre-fetching all of the dependencies and including them in the rpm SOURCES?

[rickeylev]

Hi John, Please open a separate issue to discuss that

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