Issue 10502: addition of unittestgui to Tools/

Michael Foord · Michael Foord · commit 90efac7f3794 · 2011-01-03T15:39:49.000Z
diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ need to derive from a specific class.
       A special-interest-group for discussion of testing, and testing tools,
       in Python.
 
+   The script :file:`Tools/unittestgui/unittestgui.py` in the Python source distribution is
+   a GUI tool for test discovery and execution.  This is intended largely for ease of use
+   for those new to unit testing.  For production environments it is recommended that
+   tests be driven by a continuous integration system such as `Hudson <http://hudson-ci.org/>`_
+   or `Buildbot <http://buildbot.net/trac>`_.
+
+
 .. _unittest-minimal-example:
 
 Basic example
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ Tools/Demos
   demos have been removed, others integrated in documentation or a new
   Tools/demo subdirectory.
 
+- Issue #10502: Addition of the unittestgui tool. Originally by Steve Purcell.
+  Updated for test discovery by Mark Roddy and Python 3 compatibility by
+  Brian Curtin.
+
 
 What's New in Python 3.2 Beta 2?
 ================================
diff --git a/Tools/README b/Tools/README
@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ scripts         A number of useful single-file programs, e.g. tabnanny.py
 
 test2to3        A demonstration of how to use 2to3 transparently in setup.py.
 
-unicode         Tools used to generate unicode database files for
-                Python 2.0 (by Fredrik Lundh).
+unicode         Tools used to generate unicode database files (by Fredrik 
+                Lundh).
+
+unittestgui     A Tkinter based GUI test runner for unittest, with test
+                discovery.
 
 world           Script to take a list of Internet addresses and print
                 out where in the world those addresses originate from,
diff --git a/Tools/unittestgui/README.txt b/Tools/unittestgui/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+unittestgui.py is GUI framework and application for use with Python unit 
+testing framework. It executes tests written using the framework provided 
+by the 'unittest' module.
+
+Based on the original by Steve Purcell, from:
+
+  http://pyunit.sourceforge.net/
+
+Updated for unittest test discovery by Mark Roddy and Python 3
+support by Brian Curtin.
+
+For details on how to make your tests work with test discovery,
+and for explanations of the configuration options, see the unittest
+documentation:
+
+    http://docs.python.org/library/unittest.html#test-discovery
diff --git a/Tools/unittestgui/unittestgui.py b/Tools/unittestgui/unittestgui.py
