This issue was opened 4 years ago and has no activity since 2 years :-/ Even if yes, it would be nice to enhance regrtest and unittest, this issue doesn't propose any concrete plan with a concrete patch. I understand that the current situation is not perfect but it's acceptable :-) I close the issue as out of date.
If someone is still motivated, please open a new issue with a concrete plan and maybe summarize this one.
In the meanwhile, the work on relying on unittest test discovery is still ongoing and made good progress last... years (see issue #16748).