Start using buildout to bring in external dependencies.
This makes running tests easier in situations where dependencies are not always available, such as buildbot.
Thanks to Matthew Wilkes <matthew@matthewwilkes.co.uk> for help and moral support.
from django.db.backends import BaseDatabaseClient
from django.conf import settings
import os
class DatabaseClient(BaseDatabaseClient):
executable_name = 'sqlite3'
def runshell(self):
args = ['', settings.DATABASE_NAME]
os.execvp(self.executable_name, args)