Move to pytest-dev organization

[mrbean-bremen]

As discussed with @jmcgeheeiv, it would be a good idea to transfer this repo to the pytest-dev organization. This would help to ensure continued maintenance, and also possibly to get more eyes for issues and code reviews (given enough eyeballs...).

While pyfakefs is not only a pytest plugin, as it can also be used with other test frameworks, pytest-dev seems like a good match, as the majority of new pyfakefs users seem to use it via the fs fixture, and improving pytest support is a sensible goal for pyfakefs.

We seem to meet most of the preconditions, except the name (nothing we can do about this, changing it now would not be a good idea), and the authors info, which can easily be added.

The first step will be to clarify if pyfakefs is feasible for pytest-dev - I will write a respective mail in the pytest-dev list, and we can go on from there of we get a go.

cc @nicoddemus

[jmcgeheeiv]

I also offer domain pyfakefs.org to the PyTest community.

If you do not care for it I will continue to maintain it and point it to the right location for a few years at least.

[mrbean-bremen]

Unfortunately, it turned out that pyfakefs seems not really to fit into pytest-dev.
There has been a couple of suggestions for another organization: PyCQA, which I don't think will fit, as it is almost exclusively about linting tools, and a new organization cogs-of-testing, which was meant to be about testing, but is still empty.
I still like the idea about transfer to an organization for obvious reasons, and still think that pytest-dev would fit best of the existing ones, but as long as there is no fitting organization, I see no real way to do this at the moment.

Sorry about that - I really thought that this would work...

[jmcgeheeiv]

I think it was a good idea to propose it. If the other organizations do not care for pyfakefs, that is their prerogative.

[mrbean-bremen]

Closing this for now.

[mrbean-bremen]

Reopen as the move is now approved.

Some things to do:

• transfer the repo to @nicoddemus
• adapt all URLs in the README and documentation
• change master to main, while at it
• optional: add automatic release to PyPi

[nicoddemus]

Just to make sure we are on the same page, the first step would be to transfer the ownership of the repository to one of the pytest-dev core maintainers (I volunteer).

[jmcgeheeiv]

Transfer to @nicoddemus requested.

[nicoddemus]

Thanks folks!

Move has been completed, invite sent to @jmcgeheeiv to join the pytest-dev organization. 👍