Add a Nosetests plugin that lets me specify a test order within a directory.

Makefile

@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ lint:
 	pylint -f parseable nilmdb
 
 test:
-	nosetests
+	python runtests.py
 
 profile:
-	nosetests --with-profile 
+	python runtests.py --with-profile
 
 clean::
 	find . -name '*pyc' | xargs rm -f

runtests.py

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import nose
+import os
+import sys
+import glob
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+class JimOrderPlugin(nose.plugins.Plugin):
+    """When searching for tests and encountering a directory that
+    contains a 'test.order' file, run tests listed in that file, in the
+    order that they're listed.  Globs are OK in that file and duplicates
+    are removed."""
+    name = 'jimorder'
+    score = 10000
+
+    def prepareTestLoader(self, loader):
+        def wrap(func):
+            def wrapper(name, *args, **kwargs):
+                addr = nose.selector.TestAddress(
+                    name, workingDir=loader.workingDir)
+                try:
+                    order = os.path.join(addr.filename, "test.order")
+                except:
+                    order = None
+                if order and os.path.exists(order):
+                    files = []
+                    for line in open(order):
+                        line = line.strip()
+                        if not line:
+                            continue
+                        fn = os.path.join(addr.filename, line.strip())
+                        files.extend(sorted(glob.glob(fn)) or [fn])
+                    files = list(OrderedDict.fromkeys(files))
+                    tests = [ wrapper(fn, *args, **kwargs) for fn in files ]
+                    return loader.suiteClass(tests)
+                return func(name, *args, **kwargs)
+            return wrapper
+        loader.loadTestsFromName = wrap(loader.loadTestsFromName)
+        return loader
+
+# Use setup.cfg for most of the test configuration.  Adding
+# --with-jimorder here means that a normal "nosetests" run will
+# still work, it just won't support test.order.
+nose.main(addplugins = [ JimOrderPlugin() ],
+          argv = sys.argv + ["--with-jimorder"])

tests/test.order

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+test_printf.py
+test_lrucache.py
+test_mustclose.py
+
+test_serializer.py
+test_iteratorizer.py
+
+test_timestamper.py
+test_layout.py
+test_rbtree.py
+test_interval.py
+
+test_bulkdata.py
+test_nilmdb.py
+test_client.py
+test_cmdline.py
+
+test_*.py