The commit allow users to add a properties node in testsuite level see
example below:
<testsuite errors="0" failures="0" name="pytest" skips="1" tests="1"
time="11.824">
<properties>
<property name="ARCH" value="PPC"/>
<property name="OS" value="RHEL 7.2"/>
<property name="TestPlanURL" value="https://url.."/>
<property name="Automated" value="True"/>
</properties>
<testcase classname="git.....>
</testcase>
</testsuite>
The current situation is that properties node can be added to every
testcase node. However, sometimes we need some global properties that
applies to all testcases and give better description for the testsuite
itself.
When defining a fixture in the same module as where it is used, the
function argument shadows the fixture name, which a) annoys pylint and
b) can lead to bugs where you forget to request a fixture into a test
method.
This allows one to define fixtures with a different name than the name
of the function, bypassing that problem.
When you don't get enough information with a test running on a CI, it's quite
frustrating, for various reasons:
- It's more likely to be a flaky test, so you might not be able to reproduce
the failure.
- Passing -vv is quite bothersome (creating a temporary commit and reverting
it)
For those reasons, if something goes wrong on CI, it's good to have as much
information as possible.
Tareq Alayan
Kale Kundert
Mike Lundy
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