chore[docs]: update readme about testing

- add comments to `quicktest.sh` explaining usage.
- remove `tests_require` from `setup.py` as that has been deprecated
- remove `pytest-runner` from `setup.py`
- update readme to reference quicktest.sh

README.md

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ be a bit behind the latest version found in the master branch of this repository
 
 ```bash
 make dev-init
-python setup.py test
+./quicktest.sh -m "not fuzzing"
 ```
 
 ## Developing (working on the compiler)

quicktest.sh

@@ -2,8 +2,17 @@
 
 # examples:
 # ./quicktest.sh
+# ./quicktest.sh -m "not fuzzing"
+# ./quicktest.sh -m "not fuzzing" -n<cpu cores - 2> (this is the most useful)
+# ./quicktest.sh -m "not fuzzing" -n0
 # ./quicktest.sh tests/.../mytest.py
 
 # run pytest but bail out on first error
-# useful for dev workflow
+# useful for dev workflow.
+
 pytest -q -s --instafail -x --disable-warnings "$@"
+
+# useful options include:
+# -n0  (uses only one core but faster startup)
+# -nauto  (uses only one core but faster startup)
+# -m "not fuzzing" - skip slow/fuzzing tests

setup.py

@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ def _global_version(version):
         "importlib-metadata",
         "wheel",
     ],
-    setup_requires=["pytest-runner", "setuptools_scm>=7.1.0,<8.0.0"],
-    tests_require=extras_require["test"],
+    setup_requires=["setuptools_scm>=7.1.0,<8.0.0"],
     extras_require=extras_require,
     entry_points={
         "console_scripts": [