[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #60227: HTML API: Add external test suite

Mon Feb 5 14:01:50 UTC 2024

#60227: HTML API: Add external test suite
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 Reporter:  jonsurrell                |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement               |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                    |   Milestone:  6.5
Component:  Build/Test Tools          |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by hellofromTonya):

 >What's the reasoning besides skipping the tests that don't expect empty
 head? This is leading to 500+ skipped tests.

 I share @jorbin's [comment:8 concern about the amount of test being
 skipped].

 Copying [https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-
 develop/pull/5794/files#r1478292230 my comment from the GitHub PR] here,
 as inline/nested code comments do not get posted to the ticket:

 > I'm concerned about the amount of tests being skipped.
 >
 > IMO skipping a test is informative to denote where work is still needed
 or planned for the future (such as skipping until a dependency or bug fix
 lands).
 >
 > Here `<head>` is not supported. Thus, these skips do not add value.
 Instead, they will consume time and resources, adding more messages to
 shift through and adding more time to the test suite (performance).
 >
 > Instead of skipping over the `<head>` tests, is there a way to start the
 tests at the `<body>`, thus passing only the body's tests in the data
 provider's datasets?

 While these tests add value to the HTML API, the skipped tests messages
 pollute the test suite's results, making it harder for contributors (of
 other tests and code beyond the HTML API) to scan through the results to
 find relevant information. Plus, these skips also consume resources such
 as adding processing time to the test suite.

 Is there a way to start these tests at the `<body>`, thus serving
 supported datasets from the data provider?

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/60227#comment:22>
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