Bug 13354 - Change ptest output format to TAP?
Summary: Change ptest output format to TAP?
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Package Testing (ptest)
Classification: QA/Testing
Component: ptest (show other bugs)
Version: 0.0.0
Hardware: Other Multiple
: Medium enhancement
Target Milestone: 6.99
Assignee: Unassigned
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Reported: 2019-05-20 15:20 UTC by Ross Burton
Modified: 2026-08-13 15:30 UTC (History)
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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