tests: track when an entire category is skipped and be quieter

There is no need to state for every single test that "preconditions were
not met". And logging the skip reason for a single test is easy to read,
but making every second line alternate is less so.

run_project_tests.py

@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ class InstalledFile:
 
 @functools.total_ordering
 class TestDef:
-    def __init__(self, path: Path, name: T.Optional[str], args: T.List[str], skip: bool = False):
+    def __init__(self, path: Path, name: T.Optional[str], args: T.List[str], skip: bool = False, skip_category: bool = False):
         self.category = path.parts[1]
         self.path = path
         self.name = name
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ class TestDef:
         self.installed_files = []  # type: T.List[InstalledFile]
         self.do_not_set_opts = []  # type: T.List[str]
         self.stdout = [] # type: T.List[T.Dict[str, str]]
+        self.skip_category = skip_category
         self.skip_expected = False
 
         # Always print a stack trace for Meson exceptions
@@ -789,7 +790,7 @@ def _skip_keys(test_def: T.Dict) -> T.Tuple[bool, bool]:
     return (skip, skip_expected)
 
 
-def load_test_json(t: TestDef, stdout_mandatory: bool) -> T.List[TestDef]:
+def load_test_json(t: TestDef, stdout_mandatory: bool, skip_category: bool = False) -> T.List[TestDef]:
     all_tests: T.List[TestDef] = []
     test_def = {}
     test_def_file = t.path / 'test.json'
@@ -899,7 +900,7 @@ def load_test_json(t: TestDef, stdout_mandatory: bool) -> T.List[TestDef]:
         opts = [f'-D{x[0]}={x[1]}' for x in i if x[1] is not None]
         skip = any([x[2] for x in i])
         skip_expected = any([x[3] for x in i])
-        test = TestDef(t.path, name, opts, skip or t.skip)
+        test = TestDef(t.path, name, opts, skip or t.skip, skip_category)
         test.env.update(env)
         test.installed_files = installed
         test.do_not_set_opts = do_not_set_opts
@@ -910,7 +911,7 @@ def load_test_json(t: TestDef, stdout_mandatory: bool) -> T.List[TestDef]:
     return all_tests
 
 
-def gather_tests(testdir: Path, stdout_mandatory: bool, only: T.List[str]) -> T.List[TestDef]:
+def gather_tests(testdir: Path, stdout_mandatory: bool, only: T.List[str], skip_category: bool) -> T.List[TestDef]:
     all_tests: T.List[TestDef] = []
     for t in testdir.iterdir():
         # Filter non-tests files (dot files, etc)
@@ -918,8 +919,8 @@ def gather_tests(testdir: Path, stdout_mandatory: bool, only: T.List[str]) -> T.
             continue
         if only and not any(t.name.startswith(prefix) for prefix in only):
             continue
-        test_def = TestDef(t, None, [])
+        test_def = TestDef(t, None, [], skip_category=skip_category)
-        all_tests.extend(load_test_json(test_def, stdout_mandatory))
+        all_tests.extend(load_test_json(test_def, stdout_mandatory, skip_category))
     return sorted(all_tests)
 
 
@@ -1120,7 +1121,7 @@ def detect_tests_to_run(only: T.Dict[str, T.List[str]], use_tmp: bool) -> T.List
             assert key in categories, f'key `{key}` is not a recognized category'
         all_tests = [t for t in all_tests if t.category in only.keys()]
 
-    gathered_tests = [(t.category, gather_tests(Path('test cases', t.subdir), t.stdout_mandatory, only[t.category]), t.skip) for t in all_tests]
+    gathered_tests = [(t.category, gather_tests(Path('test cases', t.subdir), t.stdout_mandatory, only[t.category], t.skip), t.skip) for t in all_tests]
     return gathered_tests
 
 def run_tests(all_tests: T.List[T.Tuple[str, T.List[TestDef], bool]],
@@ -1322,7 +1323,8 @@ def _run_tests(all_tests: T.List[T.Tuple[str, T.List[TestDef], bool]],
 
         if is_skipped and skip_as_expected:
             f.update_log(TestStatus.SKIP)
-            safe_print(bold('Reason:'), skip_reason)
+            if not t.skip_category:
+                safe_print(bold('Reason:'), skip_reason)
             current_test = ET.SubElement(current_suite, 'testcase', {'name': testname, 'classname': t.category})
             ET.SubElement(current_test, 'skipped', {})
             continue