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Updated the settings variables required to run the internal test suite. Also 

fixed up the paths to existing tests and added a link to the documentation for
writing new tests for Django itself.


git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@3771 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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@ -247,18 +247,23 @@ Django tarball. It's our policy to make sure all tests pass at all times.
The tests cover:
* Models and the database API (``tests/testapp/models``).
* The cache system (``tests/otherthests/cache.py``).
* The ``django.utils.dateformat`` module (``tests/othertests/dateformat.py``).
* Database typecasts (``tests/othertests/db_typecasts.py``).
* The template system (``tests/othertests/templates.py`` and
``tests/othertests/defaultfilters.py``).
* ``QueryDict`` objects (``tests/othertests/httpwrappers.py``).
* Markup template tags (``tests/othertests/markup.py``).
* The ``django.utils.timesince`` module (``tests/othertests/timesince.py``).
* Models and the database API (``tests/modeltests/``).
* The cache system (``tests/regressiontests/cache.py``).
* The ``django.utils.dateformat`` module (``tests/regressiontests/dateformat/``).
* Database typecasts (``tests/regressiontests/db_typecasts/``).
* The template system (``tests/regressiontests/templates/`` and
``tests/regressiontests/defaultfilters/``).
* ``QueryDict`` objects (``tests/regressiontests/httpwrappers/``).
* Markup template tags (``tests/regressiontests/markup/``).
We appreciate any and all contributions to the test suite!
The Django tests all use the testing infrastructure that ships with Django for
testing applications. See `Testing Django Applications`_ for an explanation of
how to write new tests.
.. _Testing Django Applications: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/testing/
Running the unit tests
----------------------
@ -268,10 +273,14 @@ To run the tests, ``cd`` to the ``tests/`` directory and type::
Yes, the unit tests need a settings module, but only for database connection
info -- the ``DATABASE_ENGINE``, ``DATABASE_USER`` and ``DATABASE_PASSWORD``.
You will also need a ``ROOT_URLCONF`` setting (it's value is ignored; it just
needs to be present) and a ``SITE_ID`` setting (any integer value will do) in
order for all the tests to pass.
The unit tests will not touch your database; they create a new database, called
``django_test_db``, which is deleted when the tests are finished. This means
your user account needs permission to execute ``CREATE DATABASE``.
The unit tests will not touch your existing databases; they create a new
database, called ``django_test_db``, which is deleted when the tests are
finished. This means your user account needs permission to execute ``CREATE
DATABASE``.
Requesting features
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