[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#1079752: python-biopython: setuptools test command is removed

[Étienne Mollier]

Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
Control: severity -1 normal
Control: retitle -1 python-biopython: setuptools test command is removed

Aloha Matthias,

Matthias Klose, on 2024-08-27:
> setuptools test command is removed, the package at least uses this command
> in it's autopkg tests.

The python-biopython package relies directly on the script
run_tests.py below the Tests/ directory and does not run the
python setup.py test to trigger the test suite.  I'm checking
with setuptools 73.0.1-1, and as far as I can witness, the test
suite is still triggering and running properly both at build and
autopkgtest time.  I do see the necessary definitions in the
setup.py file allow for running setuptools test, but we're not
using it.  Maybe they should be patched out to make sure they
aren't usable any way?

For now I don't see any issue, at least none being serious, so I
reduced the severity to normal.  If I missed something, please
do let me know.  At the moment I'm under the impression this
issue was a false positive and consider closing it in a couple
of days.

Thanks for your work on trying to identify tests that might
otherwise cease more or less silently to operate properly
following this change!  I do think it is particularly useful.

Have a nice day,  :)
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