New standardised test results file format?

[thomhurst]

There's support for the trx file format in the new test runner, but that's been around for quite some time now.

I'd argue it's got some flaws such as:

• Lack of extensibility such as adding custom data.
• Exception details lack the actual exception type? Providing only message and stacktrace. The type itself seems pretty important?
• It's XML - I know it's not necessarily a file designed to be human readable, but with how easy JSON is to use, it could be a better choice for a new test file format.

If you're implementing a new testing platform so to speak, with new runners, and more (extensions etc.), would designing and standardising on a new test report format make sense too?

[Evangelink]

YES!!! Hum sorry ;) It's on our plan but we had to adjust some priorities and got some pushback. I was planning on looking at other languages to see what they are doing and if their format could either be reused or could be used as inspiration.