563724 - Implement universal manifest format for mochitest

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Testing :: Mochitest, defect)

Description

[Jonathan Griffin (:jgriffin)]

This should be JSON, and as a first iteration should just be list of test names, e.g,.

{ "tests": [
  "mytest1.html",
  "mytest2.html",
  "othertest.html",
]
}

There should be one manifest per test directory, and the top manifest file should include direct descendants via some type of include directive, perhaps like:

{ "tests": [
    "mytest1.html",
    "mytest2.html",
    "othertest.html",
  ],
  "include": [
    "dom1.manifest",
    "dom0.manifest",
  ]
}

We may want separate bugs for implementing this in mochitest plain, chrome, and browser-chrome.  We may want a separate bug for removing mochitests from make files at the same time.

Comment 1

[Jeff Hammel]

So we also have ManifestDestiny as part of mozbase: https://github.com/mozilla/mozbase/tree/master/manifestdestiny

It would be nice to consolidate on a particular internal format.  It would be easy enough to support JSON in manifestdestiny if that is a blocker.

Comment 2

[(not currently active) Ted Mielczarek]

We should use ManifestDestiny. I think this bug predates ManifestDestiny. :)

Comment 3

[Andrew Halberstadt [:ahal]]

Support for manifestdestiny is now in the mochitest harness, WONTFIXING.