id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc,stage,has_patch,needs_docs,needs_tests,needs_better_patch,easy,ui_ux 12624,Modify test runners to be a class-based structure,Russell Keith-Magee,nobody,"When test runners were originally introduced, the run_tests() method was fairly simple, so users who needed custom test execution behavior didn't have a major hurdle to overcome. However, over time, the test runner has become more complex, in order to support more complex features. ""Just write a custom test runner"" isn't as easy as it once was. This is especially problematic for someone that wants a relatively simple change - e.g., enabling DEBUG during testing, or using a different test discovery method, or using a different TestRunner class to execute the suite. The test runner should be a class with overridable functions, rather than a single function.",,closed,Testing framework,1.1,,fixed,,,Accepted,0,0,0,0,0,0