Use pytest for python module tests

[dvzrv]

Title says it all: It would be awesome to use pytest instead of nose2 in the tests, as nose2 is only in maintenance release mode.

I'm currently packaging aubio for Arch Linux and would rather not pick up yet another test suite from the AUR to be able to provide a check() function for aubio's build script.

[piem]

hi @dvzrv

Thanks for your work on packaging aubio for arch.

We are not really far from being able to run the test suite in pytest. Most of the tests already pass in pytest, the only feature missing is nose's @params decorator, but reading the following page, it shouldn't be to hard to port:

https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/example/parametrize.html

Making nose2 optional would be nice indeed. A PR would be most welcome, of course. :)

[piem]

hi there,

just to mention that I've just pushed a branch feature/pytest where i started updating the tests.

Running pytest should work in that branch, but it will take a few more iterations before all continuous integrations tests pass on all platforms.

Suggestions and patches welcome!

cheers, piem