[New-bugs-announce] [issue37711] regrtest: re-run tests in subprocesses

[STINNER Victor]

New submission from STINNER Victor <vstinner at redhat.com>:

When using python3 -m test -w, failed tests are re-run in the regrtest main process, even if -jN option is used. If a test does crash, regrtest doesn't remove its temporary directory which can lead to random test failures like bpo-37359.

At least when using -jN, I suggest to run tests in a subprocess to ensure that regrtest is able to cleanup its temporary directory, even if a test does crash.

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components: Tests
messages: 348700
nosy: vstinner
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: regrtest: re-run tests in subprocesses
versions: Python 3.9

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