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Develop a policy for testharness.js changes

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Description

Every now and then someone looks at it and considers refactoring it. It would be good if we had some amount of guidelines around what changes would be reasonable.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start by reviewing testharness.js and the existing issue discussion to understand which kinds of changes need guidance. Define and document a policy that explains what changes are reasonable and how future refactoring decisions should be evaluated.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
testing-qa
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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