Installing ibm-db installs a global "tests" module

[vijaykiran]

When installing using pip install ibm-db the tests module is installed into site-packages. This is breaking a project with tests used as namespaced package.

Looks like modules contains both tests and testfunctions included in the build:

python-ibmdb/IBM_DB/ibm_db/setup.py

Line 442 in 937e3f0

modules = ['ibm_db_dbi', 'testfunctions', 'tests']

Is it possible to exclude it from the installs or rename them into proper namespace?

• Operating System Name: macOS
• Python Version: 3.9.12
• ibm_db version: 3.1.2

[Earammak]

@vijaykiran , I would suggest you to please try to change your project name only. we cannot change this as it is maintained from day 1.

[m1n0]

@Earammak naming an installed package tests is not a good Python practice, it produces very confusing issues for anyone using the same name in their projects, which is actually quite common. If the tests package is required in the installed library then renaming them is a simple refactor any IDE can do in a few seconds, I fail to see how

we cannot change this as it is maintained from day 1.

is relevant to the issue. Badly named package is a badly named package, no matter how long has it been named like that.

I did a quick search in the repo for tests and I did not see any direct import of the module, is the tests module (and testfunctions as well for that matter) even needed for the library to work? It seems both are used in tests only, so no need to distribute them to users right? If they are removed from the installed package then renaming is not needed of course as not installing them would make those two packages invisible to the outside world.

This would be preferred as shipping your test code alongside the library is far from ideal.

[Earammak]

@vijaykiran, This issue has been fixed in the latest release. Please check with latest version. Thanks