On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 8:50 AM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote: > One idea is that we setup, using the existing perl test framework, a sort of > "catch all" test, where the framework simply runs all scripts from a subdir > via system() (or whatever), and the reports success or failure. Those scripts > could be written in anything. This would mean that people could add tests w/o > knowing any Perl at all. It would require, however, some sort of process > since those scripts themselves would need to be universal enough that all > testers can run them. > > I may give that a whirl... I have some nodejs scripts that test websockets > and I may see how/if I can "wrap" them within the test framework.
I fear this would lead to M frameworks and N languages which makes it harder for maintainers (prereqs, languages, etc) and fragments whatever potential there is for improvements to the harness/tools.
