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I am now trying to understand the backend test suite structure.

Can someone explain to me why so many tests are skipped? For example, if I run py.test -v xarray/tests/test_backends.py -rsx -k GenericNetCDFDataTest

I get ``` ================================================== test session starts ================================================== platform darwin -- Python 3.6.1, pytest-3.0.7, py-1.4.33, pluggy-0.4.0 -- /Users/rpa/anaconda/bin/python cachedir: .cache rootdir: /Users/rpa/RND/Public/xarray, inifile: setup.cfg plugins: cov-2.5.1 collected 683 items

xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_coordinates_encoding SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_cross_engine_read_write_netcdf3 PASSED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_dataset_caching SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_dataset_compute SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_default_fill_value SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_encoding_kwarg SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_encoding_same_dtype SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_encoding_unlimited_dims PASSED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_engine PASSED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_invalid_dataarray_names_raise SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_load SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_orthogonal_indexing PASSED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_pickle SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_pickle_dataarray SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_roundtrip_None_variable SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_roundtrip_boolean_dtype SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_roundtrip_coordinates SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_roundtrip_datetime_data SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_roundtrip_endian SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_roundtrip_example_1_netcdf SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_roundtrip_float64_data SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_roundtrip_mask_and_scale SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_roundtrip_object_dtype SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_roundtrip_string_data SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_roundtrip_strings_with_fill_value SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_roundtrip_test_data SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_roundtrip_timedelta_data SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_write_store PASSED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTest::test_zero_dimensional_variable SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_coordinates_encoding SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_cross_engine_read_write_netcdf3 PASSED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_dataset_caching SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_dataset_compute SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_default_fill_value SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_encoding_kwarg SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_encoding_same_dtype SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_encoding_unlimited_dims PASSED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_engine PASSED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_invalid_dataarray_names_raise SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_load SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_orthogonal_indexing PASSED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_pickle SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_pickle_dataarray SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_roundtrip_None_variable SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_roundtrip_boolean_dtype SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_roundtrip_coordinates SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_roundtrip_datetime_data SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_roundtrip_endian SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_roundtrip_example_1_netcdf SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_roundtrip_float64_data SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_roundtrip_mask_and_scale SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_roundtrip_object_dtype SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_roundtrip_string_data SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_roundtrip_strings_with_fill_value SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_roundtrip_test_data SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_roundtrip_timedelta_data SKIPPED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_write_store PASSED xarray/tests/test_backends.py::GenericNetCDFDataTestAutocloseTrue::test_zero_dimensional_variable SKIPPED ================================================ short test summary info ================================================ SKIP [2] xarray/tests/test_backends.py:382: requires pynio SKIP [2] xarray/tests/test_backends.py:214: requires pynio SKIP [2] xarray/tests/test_backends.py:178: requires pynio SKIP [2] xarray/tests/test_backends.py:468: requires pynio SKIP [2] xarray/tests/test_backends.py:439: requires pynio SKIP [2] xarray/tests/test_backends.py:490: requires pynio SKIP [2] xarray/tests/test_backends.py:428: requires pynio SKIP [2] xarray/tests/test_backends.py:145: requires pynio SKIP [2] xarray/tests/test_backends.py:197: requires pynio SKIP [2] xarray/tests/test_backends.py:207: requires pynio SKIP [2] xarray/tests/test_backends.py:230: requires pynio SKIP [2] xarray/tests/test_backends.py:311: requires pynio SKIP [2] xarray/tests/test_backends.py:300: requires pynio SKIP [2] xarray/tests/test_backends.py:271: requires pynio SKIP [2] xarray/tests/test_backends.py:409: requires pynio SKIP [2] xarray/tests/test_backends.py:291: requires pynio SKIP [2] xarray/tests/test_backends.py:286: requires pynio SKIP [2] xarray/tests/test_backends.py:362: requires pynio SKIP [2] xarray/tests/test_backends.py:235: requires pynio SKIP [2] xarray/tests/test_backends.py:264: requires pynio SKIP [2] xarray/tests/test_backends.py:334: requires pynio SKIP [2] xarray/tests/test_backends.py:139: requires pynio SKIP [2] xarray/tests/test_backends.py:280: requires pynio SKIP [2] xarray/tests/test_backends.py:109: requires pynio ```

Those line numbers refer to all of the skipped methods. Why should I need pynio to run those tests?

It looks like the same thing is happening on travis: https://travis-ci.org/pydata/xarray/jobs/268805771#L1527

Maybe @pwolfram understands this stuff?

 
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