tests are correctly discovered for django < 1.6

helpdesk/tests/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-from os.path import dirname, basename, isfile
-import glob
+# import all test_*.py files in directory.
+# neccessary for automatic discovery in django <= 1.5
+# http://stackoverflow.com/a/15780326/1382740
 
-# import all test_*.py files in directory
-modules = glob.glob(dirname(__file__)+"/test_*.py")
-__all__ = [basename(f)[:-3] for f in modules if isfile(f)]
+import unittest
+
+
+def suite():
+    return unittest.TestLoader().discover("helpdesk.tests", pattern="test_*.py")

quicktest.py

@@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ class QuickDjangoTest(object):
         # see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3841725/how-to-launch-tests-for-django-reusable-app
         
         try:
-            # Django <= 1.8
-            from django.test.simple import DjangoTestSuiteRunner
-            test_runner = DjangoTestSuiteRunner(verbosity=1)
-        except ImportError:
-            # Django >= 1.8
+            # Django >= 1.6
             from django.test.runner import DiscoverRunner
             test_runner = DiscoverRunner(verbosity=1)
+        except ImportError:
+            # Django <= 1.5
+            from django.test.simple import DjangoTestSuiteRunner
+            test_runner = DjangoTestSuiteRunner(verbosity=1)
 
         if django.VERSION >= (1, 7):
             django.setup()