Merge pull request jupyter#5111 from takluyver/nbconvert6-tests-notsoisolated

Fix running tests with nbconvert 6 prerelease

Author: takluyver

notebook/tests/launchnotebook.py

@@ -124,12 +124,15 @@ def tmp(*parts):
         cls.notebook_dir = tmp('notebooks')
         cls.env_patch = patch.dict('os.environ', cls.get_patch_env())
         cls.env_patch.start()
+        # Patch systemwide & user-wide data & config directories, to isolate
+        # the tests from oddities of the local setup. But leave Python env
+        # locations alone, so data files for e.g. nbconvert are accessible.
+        # If this isolation isn't sufficient, you may need to run the tests in
+        # a virtualenv or conda env.
         cls.path_patch = patch.multiple(
             jupyter_core.paths,
             SYSTEM_JUPYTER_PATH=[tmp('share', 'jupyter')],
-            ENV_JUPYTER_PATH=[tmp('env', 'share', 'jupyter')],
             SYSTEM_CONFIG_PATH=[tmp('etc', 'jupyter')],
-            ENV_CONFIG_PATH=[tmp('env', 'etc', 'jupyter')],
         )
         cls.path_patch.start()
 

setup.py

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
         'jupyter_core>=4.6.0',
         'jupyter_client>=5.3.4',
         'nbformat',
-        'nbconvert<6',
+        'nbconvert',
         'ipykernel', # bless IPython kernel for now
         'Send2Trash',
         'terminado>=0.8.1',