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