From 4ae44b0fe10b3ddf8390cfa8deae4dec45c40666 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vlad Niculae <vlad@vene.ro>
Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 00:40:36 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] DOC: updated testing instructions
---
doc/install.rst | 18 ++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/install.rst b/doc/install.rst
index 86ced197c9..49dc0b703e 100644
--- a/doc/install.rst
+++ b/doc/install.rst
@@ -233,12 +233,14 @@ otherwise please consider posting an issue into the `bug tracker
<https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/issues>`_ or to the
:ref:`mailing_lists`.
-.. note:: **Testing under Windows**
+.. note:: **Alternative testing method**
- Testing under Windows should be performed with the follow command::
+ If for some reason the recommended method is failing for you, please try
+ the alternate method::
python -c "import sklearn; sklearn.test()"
+ This method might display doctest failures because of nosetests issues.
scikit-learn can also be tested without having the package
installed. For this you must compile the sources inplace from the
@@ -246,14 +248,14 @@ source directory::
python setup.py build_ext --inplace
-Test can now be run using nosetest::
+Test can now be run using nosetests::
nosetests sklearn/
-If you are running the development version, this is automated in the
-commands `make in` and `make test`.
+This is automated in the commands::
-.. warning::
+ make in
- Because nosetest does not play well with multiprocessing on
- windows, this last approach is not recommended on such system.
+and::
+
+ make test
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