[Python-modules-team] Bug#804558: tweepy: FTBFS: ImportError: No module named {unittest2, vcr}

[Barry Warsaw]

On Jan 04, 2016, at 10:43 AM, Carl Chenet wrote:

>We have a RC bug for Tweepy in Debian because the unittest2 and/or vcr
>Python modules are not packaged for Debian

Not correct.  Both packages are in Debian for both Python 2 and 3.

We have unittest2 1.1.0-6 and vcr 1.7.3-1

There must be some other build problem going on.

>Tell me if I'm wrong but unittests executions are not mandatory by
>Debian policy while building a Debian package.

Probably not mandatory, but good practice.  Sometimes it's not possible to run
a package's test suite at build time for various reasons.  In those cases, I
think it's good practice to write a DEP-8 autopkgtest to at least test the
installed package.

Cheers,
-Barry