Run tests with tox

.travis.yml

@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ script:
  # avoid VersionConflict when newer version is required
  - pip install -U 'pytest>=3.0.2'
 
- # Output the env, because the travis docs just can't be trusted
+ # Output the env, to verify behavior
  - env
 
  # update egg_info based on setup.py in checkout
  - python bootstrap.py
 
- - python setup.py test --addopts='-rsx'
+ - python -m tox
 
 before_deploy:
   - export SETUPTOOLS_INSTALL_WINDOWS_SPECIFIC_FILES=1

docs/developer-guide.txt

@@ -89,12 +89,10 @@ For posterity, the old `Bitbucket mirror
 Testing
 -------
 
-The primary tests are run using py.test. To run the tests::
+The primary tests are run using tox. To run the tests, first make
+sure you have tox installed, then invoke it::
 
-    $ python setup.py test
-
-Or install py.test into your environment and run ``PYTHONPATH=. py.test``
-or ``python -m pytest``.
+    $ tox
 
 Under continuous integration, additional tests may be run. See the
 ``.travis.yml`` file for full details on the tests run under Travis-CI.

setup.py

@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ if include_windows_files:
     package_data.setdefault('setuptools', []).extend(['*.exe'])
     package_data.setdefault('setuptools.command', []).extend(['*.xml'])
 
-needs_pytest = set(['ptr', 'pytest', 'test']).intersection(sys.argv)
-pytest_runner = ['pytest-runner'] if needs_pytest else []
 needs_wheel = set(['release', 'bdist_wheel']).intersection(sys.argv)
 wheel = ['wheel'] if needs_wheel else []
 
@@ -178,14 +176,8 @@ setup_params = dict(
         ),
     ],
     scripts=[],
-    tests_require=[
-        'setuptools[ssl]',
-        'pytest-flake8',
-        # pin pytest to 3.0.2 for pytest-dev/pytest#1888
-        'pytest==3.0.2',
-    ] + (['mock'] if sys.version_info[:2] < (3, 3) else []),
     setup_requires=[
-    ] + pytest_runner + wheel,
+    ] + wheel,
 )
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':

tox.ini

-[tox]
-envlist = py26,py27,py33,py34,py35,pypy,pypy3
-
 [testenv]
 deps=
 	pytest-flake8
 	pytest>=3.0.2
+	setuptools[ssl]
+	py{26,27,32}: mock
+
 passenv=APPDATA USERPROFILE HOMEDRIVE HOMEPATH windir
-commands=python setup.py test --addopts='-rsx'
+commands=python -m pytest -rsx