Bug 13354

Summary:	Change ptest output format to TAP?
Product:	[QA/Testing] Package Testing (ptest)	Reporter:	Ross Burton <ross.burton>
Component:	ptest	Assignee:	Unassigned <unassigned>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Medium	CC:	randy.macleod, richard.purdie
Version:	0.0.0
Target Milestone:	6.99
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Multiple
Whiteboard:
OS type for building Yocto:	---	Type of Regression:	---
Verified:		Documentation change:	Yes (doc changes required)

Description Ross Burton 2019-05-20 15:20:33 UTC

It looks like the TAP format is winning the competition for a standardised test log format.  Perl supports it natively, GNOME is moving to that being the only output format, Meson supports it, and there are TAP modules for Python.

Comment 1 Ross Burton 2020-01-31 13:35:47 UTC

Assigning to RP as he's the architect.

Perl uses TAP natively.
GNOME uses TAP natively.
Meson uses TAP for build-time tests, so if it gained the ability to install test suites there's a good chance it will use TAP too.
Python has TAP unittest runners (pychotap, for example).

Comment 2 Randy MacLeod 2022-02-10 16:16:52 UTC

Maybe make ptest-runner work with both formats?

Comment 3 Randy MacLeod 2023-10-24 14:24:41 UTC

Bulk move from 4.99 or 0.00 to 5.99