Hi,

> > You mean amend tests_require in setup.py?
(that does not work by the way, because the tests really *do* require pytz)

> Not sure... I noticed your comment said that the PyPi source did not
> include the tests. If we built from that source, would the package still
> build, or would the test phase fail somehow?
Yep, the test phase fails.

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ERROR: tests (unittest.loader._FailedTest)
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ImportError: Failed to import test module: tests
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/gnu/store/78w7y0lxar70j512iqw8x3nimzj10yga-python-3.7.4/lib/python3.7/unittest/loader.py", line 154, in loadTestsFromName
    module = __import__(module_name)
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'tests'
---snap---

I guess we could pass `#:tests? #f`, but is that worth it? pytz is just a
native input and not propagated.

Lars