[Zope-dev] zope.publisher dependencies

[Tres Seaver]

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Jim Fulton wrote:
> On Feb 24, 2009, at 9:26 AM, Tres Seaver wrote:
> ...
>>> As for TestRequest, I could update the setup.py of various packages  
>>> that
>>> currently depend on zope.publisher just for TestRequest.  I would  
>>> make
>>> zope.publisher a test-only requirement.
>> Frankly, any code using a testing stub which is that heavyweight needs
>> to be refactored.
> 
> 
> There's nothing all that heavyweight about TestRequest.

- - It derives from BrowserRequest, which means carrying along a *lot*
  of extra implementation baggage.  Tests which use this class, rather
  than stubbing out a dummy request which provides only the API required
  by the application-under-test, will tend to grow unexpected /
  undesirable tentacles to the request implementation.

- - Using TestRequest involves pulling in all of zope.publisher, a *big*
  dependency;  Shane wants to reduce such dependencies.



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