Migrated test settings and runner to Django >= 1.3.

runtests.py

 #!/usr/bin/env python
 import sys
-
 from os.path import dirname, abspath
-
 from django.conf import settings
 
 if not settings.configured:
     settings.configure(
-        DATABASE_ENGINE='sqlite3',
-        INSTALLED_APPS=[
+        DATABASES = {
+            'default': {
+                'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+            }
+        },
+        INSTALLED_APPS = [
             'tests.testapp',
         ]
     )
 
-from django.test.simple import run_tests
-
+from django.test.simple import DjangoTestSuiteRunner
 
 def runtests(*test_args):
     if not test_args:
         test_args = ['testapp']
     parent = dirname(abspath(__file__))
     sys.path.insert(0, parent)
-    failures = run_tests(test_args, verbosity=1, interactive=True)
+    runner = DjangoTestSuiteRunner(verbosity=1, interactive=True)
+    failures = runner.run_tests(test_args)
     sys.exit(failures)
 
 

tests/settings.py

 DEBUG = True
 
-DATABASE_ENGINE = 'sqlite3'
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+    }
+}
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'tests.testapp',