eth-cscs/reframe: ReFrame 3.6.0

Published May 4, 2021 | Version v3.6.0

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ReFrame v3.6.0 Release Notes New features and enhancements

Add command-line option to generate a JUnit XML report (#1925)
Add a --list-tags command-line action to list all the available test tags (#1945)
Add a configuration option to disable automatic module conflict resolution (#1941)
Deprecate the use of the @parameterized_test decorator (#1934)
Issue a warning if a module operation is attempted on the nomod modules system (#1933)
Abbreviate node lists in FAILURE INFO reports (#1912)
Re-implement pipeline hook mechanism and add a post-init hook (#1865)
Improve error message when parameters are undefined (#1888)
Add test API methods for skipping tests (#1875)
Show a preview of the standard error in cases of build failures (#1873)
Improve access to the namespaces of both parameter and variable built-ins (#1819)
Add a time_limit partition configuration parameter and a build_time_limit variable for regression tests (#1860)
Allow setting the test description and executable name directly in the class body (#1862)
Minimize the list of doc requirements (#1847)

Bug fixes

Fix regression in setting the graylog server address (#1956)
Warn when a check search path does not exist (#1949)
Properly check exit status of ensurepip in bootstrap.sh (#1953)
Fix crash when OSError occurs during dumping of test cases (#1926)
Fix crash when sourcesdir is set to None in class body (#1910)
Fix missing path to build stdout when collecting EasyBuild installed modules (#1891)
Fix squeue backend scheduler crash (#1907)
Fix rescheduling condition for asynchronous execution policy (#1904)
Color bootstrap.sh only if stdout is a terminal (#1898)
Fix bootstrap script for pip-less Python installations (#1900)
Set stdin to null when launching processes from ReFrame, so that processes do no think they are on a tty (#1879)
Fix the call order on the __set_name__ hook for built-in variables (#1881)
Do not reset sourcesdir to None if it is set to a URL (#1874)
Fix typo in variable name (#1866)

Other

Pull base images for CI instead of building them from scratch (#1909)
Update documentation of built-ins and update tutorial examples removing the use of __init__ (#1940)
Make basic configuration example more intuitive w.r.t. to modules systems (#1932)
Change favicon to the ReFrame logo (#1924)
Add URL to Twitter badge (#1922)
Add -pthread to the multithreaded tutorial test (#1870)
Add tutorial about reusable tests (#1895)
Update tutorial examples to use the parameter builtin (#1857)
Various documentation fixes (#1859)

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