Changing Django’s default test runner to be more robust

[Diptesh Choudhuri]

The default django test runner gets the job done, but it (and the entire django codebase) can benefit from a more robust runner, like pytest or nose. I will take the example of pytest because I am familiar with it and it is more widely used.

Anyone who has used pytest with django will immediately agree that it is much more pleasurable to work with, albeit a bit more intimidating. I intend work on the intimidating part and make it easier by adding a lot of documentation.

Please let me know your opinions on this topic. If it gets traction, I will work on compiling a list of what pytest has over the default runner, and what I intend to do to solve all of this.

NOTE: If accepted, this will be my proposal for GSoC 2021 to the Django Organization.

EDIT: I also made a post about this in the django developers google group (​https://groups.google.com/g/django-developers) but for some reason, it said that it needs to be approved before being moade available to the public. If someone could look into that, it'd be great.

Best,
Diptesh