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test: stabilize test-run-tests.t output

We have reached a point where the duration in JSON reports of
`test-run-tests.t` were greater or equal than 10 seconds, which doesn't match
anymore the regex. For example here:
https://ci.octobus.net/blue/organizations/jenkins/MercurialPy2/detail/MercurialPy2/276/pipeline

```
           "diff": "", ? (re)
-          "end": "\s*[\d\.]{4,5}", ? (re)
+          "end": "10.040",
           "result": "skip", ? (re)
```

Instead of accepting more characters, I changed the regex to accept any number
of digits before the `.` then 3 or 4 digits after. This way the regex is more
precise (only one `.` is authorized and we can ensure that the precision
doesn't change).

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D5966

Some Mercurial commands can produce a lot of output, and Mercurial will
attempt to use a pager to make those commands more pleasant.

To set the pager that should be used, set the application variable::

  [pager]
  pager = less -FRX

If no pager is set in the user or repository configuration, Mercurial uses the
environment variable $PAGER. If $PAGER is not set, pager.pager from the default
or system configuration is used. If none of these are set, a default pager will
be used, typically `less` on Unix and `more` on Windows.

.. container:: windows

  On Windows, `more` is not color aware, so using it effectively disables color.
  MSYS and Cygwin shells provide `less` as a pager, which can be configured to
  support ANSI color codes.  See :hg:`help config.color.pagermode` to configure
  the color mode when invoking a pager.

You can disable the pager for certain commands by adding them to the
pager.ignore list::

  [pager]
  ignore = version, help, update

To ignore global commands like :hg:`version` or :hg:`help`, you have
to specify them in your user configuration file.

To control whether the pager is used at all for an individual command,
you can use --pager=<value>:

  - use as needed: `auto`.
  - require the pager: `yes` or `on`.
  - suppress the pager: `no` or `off` (any unrecognized value
    will also work).

To globally turn off all attempts to use a pager, set::

  [ui]
  paginate = never

which will prevent the pager from running.