Replace doc references to nose by pytest

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.gitignore

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ docs_sphinx/reference
 
 # Unit test / coverage reports
 .coverage
-nosetests.xml
 
 # Eclipse project files and settings
 .project

dev/tools/run_tests.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 '''
-Run all the non-standalone tests using nose. Exits with error code 1 if a test failed.
+Run all the non-standalone tests using pytest. Exits with error code 1 if a test failed.
 '''
 import sys
 

dev/tools/run_tests_standalone.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 '''
-Run all the standalone tests using nose. Exits with error code 1 if a test failed.
+Run all the standalone tests using pytest. Exits with error code 1 if a test failed.
 '''
 import sys
 

dev/tools/run_tests_standalone_with_openmp.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 '''
-Run all the standalone tests using nose. Exits with error code 1 if a test failed.
+Run all the standalone tests using pytest. Exits with error code 1 if a test failed.
 '''
 import sys
 

dev/tools/tests/run_tests_cython.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 '''
-Run all the Cython tests using nose. Exits with error code 1 if a test failed.
+Run all the Cython tests using pytest. Exits with error code 1 if a test failed.
 '''
 import sys
 

dev/tools/tests/run_tests_cython_long.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 '''
-Run all the Cython tests (including tests that take a long time) using nose.
+Run all the Cython tests (including tests that take a long time) using pytest.
 Exits with error code 1 if a test failed.
 '''
 import sys

dev/tools/tests/run_tests_numpy.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 '''
-Run all the numpy tests using nose. Exits with error code 1 if a test failed.
+Run all the numpy tests using pytest. Exits with error code 1 if a test failed.
 '''
 import sys
 

dev/tools/tests/run_tests_numpy_long.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 '''
-Run all the numpy tests (including tests that take a long time) using nose.
+Run all the numpy tests (including tests that take a long time) using pytest.
 Exits with error code 1 if a test failed.
 '''
 import sys

docs_sphinx/conf.py

@@ -313,8 +313,7 @@ def __getattr__(cls, name):
     'http://docs.python.org/': None,
     'http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy': None,
     'http://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference': None,
-    'http://docs.sympy.org/dev/': None,
-    'https://nose.readthedocs.io/en/latest/': None
+    'http://docs.sympy.org/dev/': None
 }
 
 autodoc_default_options = {'show-inheritance': True}

docs_sphinx/introduction/install.rst

@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ packages as any other Anaconda package::
 Installing other useful packages
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 There are various packages that are useful but not necessary for working with
-Brian. These include: matplotlib_ (for plotting), nose_ (for running the test
+Brian. These include: matplotlib_ (for plotting), pytest_ (for running the test
 suite), ipython_ and jupyter_-notebook (for an interactive console). To install
 them from anaconda, simply do::
 
-    conda install matplotlib nose ipython notebook
+    conda install matplotlib pytest ipython notebook
 
 You should also have a look at the brian2tools_ package, which contains several
 useful functions to visualize Brian 2 simulations and recordings. You can
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ Another option is to use ``pip`` to directly install from github::
 Testing Brian
 -------------
 
-If you have the nose_ testing utility installed, you can run Brian's test
+If you have the pytest_ testing utility installed, you can run Brian's test
 suite::
 
     import brian2
@@ -178,5 +178,5 @@ failures. For more control about the tests that are run see the
 .. _brian2tools: https://brian2tools.readthedocs.io
 .. _travis: https://travis-ci.org/brian-team/brian2
 .. _azure: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/devops/pipelines/
-.. _nose: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/nose
+.. _pytest: https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/
 .. _Cython: http://cython.org/

setup.cfg

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-[nosetests]
-logging-clear-handlers=1
-with-doctest=1
-tests=brian2
-
 [build_sphinx]
 all-files=1
 source-dir=docs_sphinx