Move from mocker -> mock (python 3 transition)

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This bug was originally filed in Launchpad as LP: #1258720

Launchpad details

affected_projects = []
assignee = None
assignee_name = None
date_closed = 2022-03-01T10:41:57.444769+00:00
date_created = 2013-12-07T03:02:37.402087+00:00
date_fix_committed = 2022-03-01T10:41:57.444769+00:00
date_fix_released = 2022-03-01T10:41:57.444769+00:00
id = 1258720
importance = medium
is_complete = True
lp_url = https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1258720
milestone = None
owner = harlowja
owner_name = Joshua Harlow
private = False
status = fix_released
submitter = harlowja
submitter_name = Joshua Harlow
tags = []
duplicates = []

Launchpad user Joshua Harlow(harlowja) wrote on 2013-12-07T03:02:37.402087+00:00

It appears that mock is the mocking library going forward in python so it will likely be useful to transition from mocker (used in cloud-init) to mock so that cloud-init is more future compatible. https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mock exists for python2.5+ so it seems like if we transition then it will be less painful later.

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Launchpad user Scott Moser(smoser) wrote on 2014-07-28T14:02:13.167132+00:00

woudl be nice to move a lot of our tests to more consistently using a single mock/patch interface.

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Launchpad user Dan Watkins(oddbloke) wrote on 2014-09-12T14:15:38.144287+00:00

I've pushed up an example of what replacing mocker with mock might look like, check the diff out at http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~daniel-thewatkins/cloud-init/replace-mocker/revision/1013?start_revid=1013 or the full file at http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~daniel-thewatkins/cloud-init/replace-mocker/view/head:/tests/unittests/test_distros/test_netconfig.py

This is only a POC as (amongst other things) I haven't updated requirements to include mock.

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Launchpad user Michael Vogt(mvo) wrote on 2014-11-17T16:22:15.914188+00:00

I also pushed some code to lp:~mvo/cloud-init/py2-3 but there is a lot of work todo.

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Launchpad user James Falcon(falcojr) wrote on 2022-03-01T10:41:51.188057+00:00

mock is now used everywhere