Merge pull request #1811 from minrk/exclusions

Warn on nonexistent exclusions in iptest.  This will help us avoid common and often baffling errors from simple typos, as well as keeping the exclusions list updated as the code evolves.

IPython/testing/iptest.py

@@ -48,9 +48,10 b' from nose.core import TestProgram'
 
 # Our own imports
 from IPython.utils.importstring import import_item
-from IPython.utils.path import get_ipython_module_path
+from IPython.utils.path import get_ipython_module_path, get_ipython_package_dir
 from IPython.utils.process import find_cmd, pycmd2argv
 from IPython.utils.sysinfo import sys_info
+from IPython.utils.warn import warn
 
 from IPython.testing import globalipapp
 from IPython.testing.plugin.ipdoctest import IPythonDoctest
@@ -212,10 +213,8 b' def make_exclude():'
     ipjoin = lambda *paths: pjoin('IPython', *paths)
 
     exclusions = [ipjoin('external'),
-                  pjoin('IPython_doctest_plugin'),
                   ipjoin('quarantine'),
                   ipjoin('deathrow'),
-                  ipjoin('testing', 'attic'),
                   # This guy is probably attic material
                   ipjoin('testing', 'mkdoctests'),
                   # Testing inputhook will need a lot of thought, to figure out
@@ -223,7 +222,6 b' def make_exclude():'
                   # loops in the picture
                   ipjoin('lib', 'inputhook'),
                   # Config files aren't really importable stand-alone
-                  ipjoin('config', 'default'),
                   ipjoin('config', 'profile'),
                   ]
     if not have['sqlite3']:
@@ -280,6 +278,13 b' def make_exclude():'
     # This is needed for the reg-exp to match on win32 in the ipdoctest plugin.
     if sys.platform == 'win32':
         exclusions = [s.replace('\\','\\\\') for s in exclusions]
+    
+    # check for any exclusions that don't seem to exist:
+    parent, _ = os.path.split(get_ipython_package_dir())
+    for exclusion in exclusions:
+        fullpath = pjoin(parent, exclusion)
+        if not os.path.exists(fullpath) and not os.path.exists(fullpath + '.py'):
+            warn("Excluding nonexistent file: %r\n" % exclusion)
 
     return exclusions