conftest.py should be in tests folder

[pberkes]

otherwise tests cannot be run in the installed package

[otizonaizit]

I looked into it and it seems that adding a custom CLI option for pytest, as we do in conftest.py can not be done unless the file is in the top-level directory... I don't think there's an easy way out...

[lschwetlick]

I also just tried to research this, and didnt find a solution.

On the other hand, does anyone pip install a package, and then goes to the 20 levels of indirection within their environment to find that folder, and then runs the tests there?

I would have thought someone who wants to run the tests would, anyway, have cloned the git repo...

[pberkes]

we decided to not move the tests out of the package, and not distribute them