remove .github/workflows/ci_ssl.yml; instead run via trunner_thirdparty (#16221)

testament/categories.nim

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const
     "nimble-packages-2",
     "niminaction",
     "threads",
-    "untestable",
+    "untestable", # see trunner_special
     "testdata",
     "nimcache",
     "coroutines",
@@ -711,8 +711,9 @@ proc processCategory(r: var TResults, cat: Category,
     of "ic":
       icTests(r, testsDir, cat, options)
     of "untestable":
-      # We can't test it because it depends on a third party.
-      discard # TODO: Move untestable tests to someplace else, i.e. nimble repo.
+      # These require special treatment e.g. because they depend on a third party
+      # dependency; see `trunner_special` which runs some of those.
+      discard
     else:
       handled = false
   if not handled:

testament/lib/stdtest/testutils.nim

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import std/private/miscdollars
 import std/strutils
+from std/os import getEnv
 
 template flakyAssert*(cond: untyped, msg = "", notifySuccess = true) =
   ## API to deal with flaky or failing tests. This avoids disabling entire tests
@@ -34,3 +35,10 @@ proc greedyOrderedSubsetLines*(lhs, rhs: string): bool =
     if currentPos < 0:
       return false
   return true
+
+template enableRemoteNetworking*: bool =
+  ## Allows contolling whether to run some test at a statement-level granularity.
+  ## Using environment variables simplifies propagating this all the way across
+  ## process calls, e.g. `testament all` calls itself, which in turns invokes
+  ## a `nim` invocation (possibly via additional intermediate processes).
+  getEnv("NIM_TESTAMENT_REMOTE_NETWORKING") == "1"

testament/testament.nim

@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ Options:
 
 On Azure Pipelines, testament will also publish test results via Azure Pipelines' Test Management API
 provided that System.AccessToken is made available via the environment variable SYSTEM_ACCESSTOKEN.
+
+Experimental: using environment variable `NIM_TESTAMENT_REMOTE_NETWORKING=1` enables
+tests with remote networking (as in CI).
 """ % resultsFile
 
 proc isNimRepoTests(): bool =
@@ -680,7 +683,7 @@ proc main() =
     case p.key.normalize
     of "print", "verbose": optPrintResults = true
     of "failing": optFailing = true
-    of "pedantic": discard "now always enabled"
+    of "pedantic": discard # deadcode
     of "targets":
       targetsStr = p.val
       gTargets = parseTargets(targetsStr)