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Use python threads and thread-safe queues to allow status updates to be printed with more valuable information.

Currently, the test suite runs several processes, and polls them repeatedly for completion while printing dots. This limits what kind of status updates can be provided to developers running the test suite. This commit refactors the test runner to have several python threads which pass messages up to a status thread. This allows keeping track of which tests are running and reporting on that. Additionally, this opens up the ability to directly import test files in the future while running them in parallel. That will enable printing detailed messages about which subtests are running rather than being per file.

Use python threads and thread-safe queues to allow status updates to be printed with more valuable informationCurrently, the test suite runs several processes, and polls them repeatedly for completion while printing dots. This limits what kind of status updates can be provided to developers running the test suite. This commit refactors the test runner to have several python threads which pass messages up to a status thread. This allows keeping track of which tests are running and reporting on that. Additionally, this opens up the ability to directly import test files in the future while running them in parallel. That will enable printing detailed messages about which subtests are running rather than being per file.