Trait that defines an abstract patienceConfig method that is implemented in PatienceConfiguration and can be overriden in stackable modification traits such as IntegrationPatience.

The main purpose of AbstractPatienceConfiguration is to differentiate core PatienceConfiguration traits, such as Eventually and Waiters, from stackable modification traits for PatienceConfigurations such as IntegrationPatience. Because these stackable traits extend AbstractPatienceConfiguration instead of Suite, you can't simply mix in a stackable trait:

class ExampleSpec extends FunSpec with IntegrationPatience // Won't compile

The previous code is undesirable because IntegrationPatience would have no affect on the class. Instead, you need to mix in a core PatienceConfiguration trait and mix the stackable IntegrationPatience trait into that, like this:

class ExampleSpec extends FunSpec with Eventually with IntegrationPatience // Compiles fine

The previous code is better because IntegrationPatience does have an effect: it modifies the behavior of Eventually.