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tests__specific

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Modules containing estimator specific tests, for test triggers and execution.

Part of packaging metadata for the object, used only in sktime CI.

  • String name: "tests:specific"

  • Private tag, developer and framework facing

  • Values: list of str, or None

  • Example: ["sktime.forecasting.tests.test_croston"]

  • Default: None

sktime’s CI framework regularly tests estimators in pull requests, usually only estimators that have changed.

The tests:specific tag of an object is a list of strings, it specifies modules that contain estimator specific pytest tests.

Setting this tag has two effects:

  • testing the estimator is triggered whenever any listed module has changed, in addition to the other test trigger conditions, e.g., via tests:libs.

  • test_est CI VM runs execute the listed pytest test modules for that estimator (see sktime.tests._test_vm._get_estimator_specific_test_modules)

The tests:specific tag is not used in user facing checks, error messages, or recommended build processes otherwise.