Python Test Suite Revamp

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[edit] Moving towards a full Python Test Suite

We are pythonizing runtest, and refactoring Testing.py to provide:

  • Test suite should run out of the box as is run nighty (no args needed for skip list, tests for optional plugins, etc)
  • Data path formation that will work on Windows.
  • Eventual support for running tests on Windows.
  • Support for -d --data-dir (alternate data dir)
  • Support for -o --output-dir (alternate output dir)
  • Support to launch & log several test cases at once.
  • Removal of old / unsupported diagnostics.
  • Support for non visit cli tests
  • Log of any python exceptions
  • --retry option, which reruns the test suite only on failures from the previous test run run.


[edit] Testing.py Changes

  • name change to visit_test_main.py
  • refactor to remove use of global vars
  • better logging and report generation
  • remove use of diff from command line, use python difflib
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