Re: test_requires

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 12:20 AM, Eric Wilhelm
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Taking 'test_requires:' as an example, note that any older installer
> will not be looking at that key and the tests will fail, so one would
> have to list those prereqs in 'requires:' for backward compatibility,
> but then that muddles the desired distinction.

Maybe we need to break it up:

* make_requires
* test_requires

And then "build_requires" is the union of those two.  That way, newer
tools can distinguish but the older union is provided as well for
backwards compatibility with older tools.

David