Testling browser TAP reporter

[hurrymaplelad]

We need a TAP reporter that runs in the browser to use nodeunit on Testling. I'm happy to whip one up, but I'm not sure where it belongs.

Options:

1. karma-nodeunit is a separate repo. I could do the same for a TAP browser reporter. This direction feels a little funny because it's a generally useful reporter, like the existing server TAP reporter and it'd be detached from nodeunit development. karma-nodeunit has the browser nodeunit build committed in its source, which is a bit smelly.
2. Build it into nodeunit/dist/ with make browser. This direction feels funny because it's very much a second class citizen compared to the other reporters. Testling encourages test suites made of browserifiable CommonJS modules. There'd be no easy way to npm install and require() the reporter.

Thoughts?

[hurrymaplelad]

Silence. I ran with Option 1. Check out nodeunit-browser-tap.

[mreinstein]

@hurrymaplelad it's not an intentional slight. I'm helping @caolan maintain this project, but I'm in the awkward position of a) not having a lot of time to work on this right now and b) not wanting to alienate half the nodeunit users so I'm being very careful about what to include.

That being said, I think this is a fine idea, so I'm at least re-opening the ticket to revisit the feature and not lose track of it.

[hurrymaplelad]

@mreinstein cool, no rush. Nodeunit-browser-tap solves my immediate need. I'd love to explore better browser support in the nodeunit package. Thanks for maintaining nodeunit and reopening the issue :)