Bug#905394: spyder-kernels: Please clarify why you disable the testsuite

[Drew Parsons]

Source: spyder-kernels
Followup-For: Bug #905394


In 1.8.0 build-time tests give an error:

_______________________________________ ERROR collecting projects/python/build/spyder-kernels/.pybuild/cpython3_3.8_spyder-kernels/build/spyder_kernels/utils/test_utils.py _______________________________________
spyder_kernels/utils/test_utils.py:11: in <module>
    from jupyter_client import session as ss
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/jupyter_client/__init__.py:4: in <module>
    from .connect import *
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/jupyter_client/connect.py:24: in <module>
    import zmq
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/zmq/__init__.py:47: in <module>
    from zmq import backend
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/zmq/backend/__init__.py:40: in <module>
    reraise(*exc_info)
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/zmq/utils/sixcerpt.py:34: in reraise
    raise value
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/zmq/backend/__init__.py:27: in <module>
    _ns = select_backend(first)
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/zmq/backend/select.py:27: in select_backend
    mod = __import__(name, fromlist=public_api)
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/zmq/backend/cython/__init__.py:6: in <module>
    from . import (constants, error, message, context,
E   ImportError: cannot import name 'constants' from partially initialized module 'zmq.backend.cython' (most likely due to a circular import) (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/zmq/backend/cython/__init__.py)



Looks like the pyzmq package would need to be upgraded or fixed before
tests can be switched on.



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