.. _spkg_nose:

nose: Python unit testing framework
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Description
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nose extends the test loading and running features of unittest, making
it easier to write, find and run tests.

License
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GNU LGPL


Upstream Contact
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Author: Jason Pellerin Home Page: http://readthedocs.org/docs/nose/

   see also https://github.com/nose-devs/nose

Dependencies
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-  setuptools / distribute
-  Python
-  GNU patch (shipped with Sage)


Special Update/Build Instructions
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None.

Type
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standard


Version Information
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package-version.txt::

    1.3.7

install-requires.txt::

    nose >=1.3.7


Equivalent System Packages
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conda:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ conda install nose

See https://repology.org/project/nose/versions

However, these system packages will not be used for building Sage
because using Python site-packages is not supported by the Sage distribution;
see https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/29023