More test platforms, most notably OSX (#244)

* added osx to travis test targets
* Improve test failure messages
* Make timing tests more forgiving for travis

Author: felixdivo

.travis.yml

@@ -1,14 +1,47 @@
 language: python
-sudo: false
+
 python:
+  # CPython:
   - "2.7"
-  - "pypy"
-  - "pypy3"
+  - "3.3"
   - "3.4"
   - "3.5"
   - "3.6"
-  - "3.7-dev"
+  - "3.7-dev" # TODO: change to "3.7" once it gets released
   - "nightly"
+  # PyPy:
+  - "pypy"
+  - "pypy3"
+
+os:
+  - linux   # Linux is officially supported and we test the library under
+            # many different Python verions (see "python: ..." above)
+
+# - osx     # OSX + Python is not officially supported by Travis CI as of Feb. 2018
+            # nevertheless, "nightly" and some "*-dev" versions seem to work, so we
+            # include them explicitly below (see "matrix: include: ..." below)
+
+# - windows # Windows is not supported at all by Travis CI as of Feb. 2018
+
+# Linux setup
+dist: trusty
+sudo: false
+
+matrix:
+  # see "os: ..." above
+  include:
+    - os: osx
+      python: "3.6-dev"
+    - os: osx
+      python: "3.7-dev"
+    - os: osx
+      python: "nightly"
+
+  # allow all nighly builds to fail, since these python versions might be unstable
+  # we do not allow dev builds to fail, since these builds are stable enough
+  allow_failures:
+    - python: "nightly"
+
 install:
   - travis_retry pip install .
   - travis_retry pip install -r requirements.txt

README.rst

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ python-can
    :alt: Documentation Status
 
 .. |build| image:: https://travis-ci.org/hardbyte/python-can.svg?branch=develop
-   :target: https://travis-ci.org/hardbyte/python-can
+   :target: https://travis-ci.org/hardbyte/python-can/branches
    :alt: CI Server for develop branch
 
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Python developers; providing `common abstractions to
 different hardware devices`, and a suite of utilities for sending and receiving
 messages on a can bus.
 
-The library supports Python 2.7, Python 3.3+ and runs on Mac, Linux and Windows.
+The library supports Python 2.7, Python 3.3+ as well as PyPy and runs on Mac, Linux and Windows.
 
 You can find more information in the documentation, online at
 `python-can.readthedocs.org <https://python-can.readthedocs.org/en/stable/>`__.

can/__init__.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import logging
 
-__version__ = "2.0.0"
+__version__ = "2.1.0.rc2"
 
 log = logging.getLogger('can')
 

setup.py

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
 """
 python-can requires the setuptools package to be installed.
 """
+
 import re
 import logging
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages

test/back2back_test.py

@@ -70,11 +70,13 @@ def test_no_message(self):
     def test_timestamp(self):
         self.bus2.send(can.Message())
         recv_msg1 = self.bus1.recv(TIMEOUT)
-        time.sleep(1)
+        time.sleep(5)
         self.bus2.send(can.Message())
         recv_msg2 = self.bus1.recv(TIMEOUT)
         delta_time = recv_msg2.timestamp - recv_msg1.timestamp
-        self.assertTrue(0.95 < delta_time < 1.05)
+        self.assertTrue(4.8 < delta_time < 5.2,
+                        'Time difference should have been 5s +/- 200ms.' 
+                        'But measured {}'.format(delta_time))
 
     def test_standard_message(self):
         msg = can.Message(extended_id=False,

test/simplecyclic_test.py

@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ def test_cycle_time(self):
         task = bus.send_periodic(msg, 0.01, 1)
         self.assertIsInstance(task, can.broadcastmanager.CyclicSendTaskABC)
 
-        sleep(1.5)
+        sleep(5)
         size = bus2.queue.qsize()
-        print(size)
         # About 100 messages should have been transmitted
-        self.assertTrue(90 < size < 110)
+        self.assertTrue(90 < size < 110,
+                        '100 +/- 10 messages should have been transmitted. But queue contained {}'.format(size))
         last_msg = bus2.recv()
         self.assertEqual(last_msg, msg)