Replace nose with pytest

lib/iris/tests/__init__.py

@@ -1218,10 +1218,6 @@ class IrisTest(IrisTest_nometa, metaclass=_TestTimingsMetaclass):
 
 
 class GraphicsTestMixin:
-
-    # nose directive: dispatch tests concurrently.
-    _multiprocess_can_split_ = True
-
     def setUp(self):
         # Acquire threading non re-entrant blocking lock to ensure
         # thread-safe plotting.

lib/iris/tests/runner/_runner.py

@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 
 # NOTE: Do not inherit from object as distutils does not like it.
 class TestRunner:
-    """Run the Iris tests under nose and multiprocessor for performance"""
+    """Run the Iris tests under pytest and pytest-xdist for performance"""
 
     description = (
-        "Run tests under nose and multiprocessor for performance. "
+        "Run tests under pytest and pytest-xdist for performance. "
         "Default behaviour is to run all non-gallery tests. "
         "Specifying one or more test flags will run *only* those "
         "tests."
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ def initialize_options(self):
         self.create_missing = False
 
     def finalize_options(self):
-        # These enviroment variables will be propagated to all the
-        # processes that nose.run creates.
+        # These environment variables will be propagated to all the
+        # processes that pytest-xdist creates.
         if self.no_data:
             print("Running tests in no-data mode...")
             import iris.config
@@ -102,18 +102,18 @@ def finalize_options(self):
             self.num_processors = int(self.num_processors)
 
     def run(self):
-        import nose
+        import pytest
 
         if hasattr(self, "distribution") and self.distribution.tests_require:
             self.distribution.fetch_build_eggs(self.distribution.tests_require)
 
         tests = []
         if self.system_tests:
-            tests.append("iris.tests.system_test")
+            tests.append("lib/iris/tests/system_test.py")
         if self.default_tests:
-            tests.append("iris.tests")
+            tests.append("lib/iris/tests")
         if self.coding_tests:
-            tests.append("iris.tests.test_coding_standards")
+            tests.append("lib/iris/tests/test_coding_standards.py")
         if self.gallery_tests:
             import iris.config
 
@@ -129,35 +129,26 @@ def run(self):
                     "WARNING: Gallery path %s does not exist." % (gallery_path)
                 )
         if not tests:
-            tests.append("iris.tests")
-
-        regexp_pat = r"--match=^([Tt]est(?![Mm]ixin)|[Ss]ystem)"
-
-        n_processors = max(self.num_processors, 1)
+            tests.append("lib/iris/tests")
 
         args = [
-            "",
             None,
-            "--processes=%s" % n_processors,
-            "--verbosity=2",
-            regexp_pat,
-            "--process-timeout=180",
+            "-v",
+            "-n=%s" % self.num_processors,
         ]
 
         if self.stop:
-            args.append("--stop")
+            args.append("-x")
 
         result = True
         for test in tests:
-            args[1] = test
+            args[0] = test
             print()
             print(
-                "Running test discovery on %s with %s processors."
-                % (test, n_processors)
+                "Running test discovery on %s with '%s' processors."
+                % (test, self.num_processors)
             )
-            # run the tests at module level i.e. my_module.tests
-            # - test must start with test/Test and must not contain the
-            #   word Mixin.
-            result &= nose.run(argv=args)
+            retcode = pytest.main(args=args)
+            result &= retcode.value == 0
         if result is False:
             exit(1)

lib/iris/tests/system_test.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import iris
 
 
-class SystemInitialTest(tests.IrisTest):
+class TestSystemInitial(tests.IrisTest):
     def test_supported_filetypes(self):
         nx, ny = 60, 60
         data = np.arange(nx * ny, dtype=">f4").reshape(nx, ny)

requirements/ci/nox.lock/py38-linux-64.lock

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Generated by conda-lock.
 # platform: linux-64
-# input_hash: b230293335ef7a307da7d676affe5b26d439c6c026b2db6f0a4331900ea33f02
+# input_hash: c466d44fd7b78670210eaf1d512d1dfb873502737e4da86a20a5fa3a2d7912f1
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@@ -112,27 +112,30 @@ https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/python-3.8.13-h582c2e5_0_cpython
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+https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/py-1.11.0-pyh6c4a22f_0.tar.bz2#b4613d7e7a493916d867842a6a148054
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@@ -148,6 +151,7 @@ https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/sphinxcontrib-jsmath-1.0.1-py_0.ta
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@@ -168,6 +172,7 @@ https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/numpy-1.22.3-py38h99721a1_2.tar.
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@@ -194,6 +199,7 @@ https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch/pip-22.0.4-pyhd8ed1ab_0.tar.bz2#b1
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+https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/pytest-7.1.2-py38h578d9bd_0.tar.bz2#626d2b8f96c8c3d20198e6bd84d1cfb7
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requirements/ci/py38.yml

@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ dependencies:
 # Test dependencies.
   - filelock
   - imagehash >=4.0
-  - nose
   - pillow <7
   - pre-commit
+  - pytest
+  - pytest-xdist
   - requests
 
 # Documentation dependencies.

setup.cfg

@@ -75,10 +75,11 @@ docs =
 test =
     filelock
     imagehash>=4.0
-    nose
     pillow<7
     pre-commit
     requests
+    pytest
+    pytest-xdist
 all =
     mo_pack
     nc-time-axis>=1.4