'How-To' Category
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Jul082010
How to run a single unit test/unit test module with py.test
Note to self: It is actually possible to select a single test module or a single test function in py.test. But passing the file name as argument to a py.test invocation selects only the doctest from that file (wtf!?). Instead, you need to call it like this: $ py.test -k test_module # to run the [...]
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Jul052010
Postprocessing conference videos
I was planning to attend DebConf New York this year, but for a number of reasons I decided not to go. Fortunately, Ferdinand Thommes organized a MiniDebConf in Berlin at LinuxTag and I managed to attend. Thanks, Ferdinand! There were a number of interesting Talks. I especially liked the talk of our DPL, and those [...]
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Jan042009
trac served by lighttpd on Debian lenny
Software installation All required packages are installed by the following command: apt-get install lighttpd trac subversion apache2-utils We install lighttpd together with trac, as otherwise the trac package will pull in an installation of apache2, which is a bit more heavyweight than what I wanted. Setting up the directory tree Let’s set up a directory [...]