[dev] When to require, suggest or require-dev Re: PHPUnit 9.5 compat

[Ralf Lang]

Am 28.03.2021 um 13:20 schrieb Jan Schneider:
>
> Zitat von Ralf Lang <lang at b1-systems.de>:
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>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>> A colleague and I began converting some library unit tests to
>>> phpunit 9.
>>>
>>> This meant
>>
>> While upgrading the unit test for horde/date to github actions, phpunit
>> 9, I stumbled across a little problem.
>>
>> Some unit tests require but don't check for the horde/icalendar library.
>>
>> https://github.com/maintaina-com/Date/runs/2141049425?check_suite_focus=true
>>
>>
>> Icalendar is only suggested for horde/date but no dependency.
>>
>> What would be the right path here?
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>> - make the icalendar library a require-dev
>> - install all suggests for unit testing
>> - Make the tests skip on missing optional dependency
>
> Good question. Does compser support at package at both places,
> require-dev and suggests? If not, then the 2nd option.
>
I tested it and it does not complain, so best solution would be
suggest+require-dev.

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