Hi all,
JUnit 4.11 and Surefire 2.13 have been released. Both contains what we need, so we should now be able to migrate away from our internal forks. You can already try junit by specifying the version on the command line: mvn test -Djunit.version=4.11. For Surefire, it's a little bit more complex as some parameters has been renamed. Two points however: - When I tried JUnit 4.11, I had recurring test failures on HBase. It's more likely to be an HBase issue than a JUnit one, and it's better to fix them before migrating. See stuff in HBASE-4955. So if you want to kick out some test flakiness, please give it a try. - Surefire now redirects more output on screen. The detailed explanation is in SUREFIRE-800; but it's basically a JUnit limitation. However, Surefire now allows us to reuse forks, and this also gives a better output redirection. So we would do something like: for small tests, execute in parallel in reusable forks. For medium & large: as today (save us from issues with static on reused fork). I gave it a try, it seems to work. As it's a new feature, I think it's safer to wait something like 2 weeks before putting it in place however. So that's the plan, if you want to change anything, just ask ;-) Cheers, N.
