RFR: 8307076: gradle test should always run tests

Mon May 1 13:06:26 UTC 2023

On Sat, 29 Apr 2023 19:55:40 GMT, Johan Vos <jvos at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This is a major enhancement. The non-rerunning tests have been extremely annoying

I wanted to do this 10 years ago, but was talked out of it. It recently came up as a source of much wasted time for a developer when tracking down another test bug, so I figured it's past time to reconsider it.

> FYI Gradle 7.6 introduced --rerun command which kind of solves that problem

For rerunning tests, that's not appreciably better than the currently recommended approach of adding the `cleanTest` target: in both cases you have to remember to do it, and can be surprised if you don't.

This RFE has a closed-side part to it, so I'll wait to integrate this PR until the other half is ready (which should be soon).

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1120#issuecomment-1529682544