* Merge test runner task into RestIntegTest (#60261)
* Merge test runner task into RestIntegTest
* Reorganizing Standalone runner and RestIntegTest task
* Rework general test task configuration and extension
* Fix merge issues
* use former 7.x common test configuration
- Replace immediate task creations by using task avoidance api
- One step closer to #56610
- Still many tasks are created during configuration phase. Tackled in separate steps
* Remove usage of deprecated testCompile configuration
* Replace testCompile usage by testImplementation
* Make testImplementation non transitive by default (as we did for testCompile)
* Update CONTRIBUTING about using testImplementation for test dependencies
* Fail on testCompile configuration usage
* Fix Snapshot Repository Corruption in Downgrade Scenarios (#50692)
This PR introduces test infrastructure for downgrading a cluster while interacting with a given repository.
It fixes the fact that repository metadata in the new format could be written while there's still older snapshots in the repository that require the old-format metadata to be restorable.
Rene Groeschke
Rene Groeschke
Mark Vieira
Armin Braun