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+# this file is *not* meant to cover or endorse the use of tox or pytest or
+# testing in general,
+#
+#  It's meant to show the use of:
+#
+#  - check-manifest
+#     confirm items checked into vcs are in your sdist
+#  - python setup.py check (using the readme_renderer extension)
+#     confirms your long_description will render correctly on pypi
+#
+#  and also to help confirm pull requests to this project.
+
+[tox]
+envlist = py{27}
+
+[testenv]
+basepython =
+    py27: python2.7
+whitelist_externals=
+    make
+deps =
+    check-manifest
+    {py27}: readme_renderer
+    # flake8 out of the picture right now
+    pytest
+    mock
+    pylint
+    nose
+commands =
+    check-manifest --ignore tox.ini,tests*
+    {py27}: python setup.py check -m -r -s
+    # flake8 . # FIXME: This code smell check goes poorly for us at present
+    make tests
+    # make lint-errors # FIXME: Cause these to operate properly inside tox
+    # make coverage
+[flake8]
+exclude = .tox,*.egg,build,data
+select = E,W,F