Re: [PATCH] extras: New test/build infrastructure

[Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>]

On 11/25/2016 06:11 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> On Nov 25 2016, Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com> wrote:
>
> > Can I ask why the new directory is called "extras"?  That makes it sound
> > like a home for extra features that we want to provide but not in the
> > core C library.  Something more obviously internal-use and
> > build/test-related would be better, I think.
>
> Like test-support or testsuite.

It won't always be about testing.

For example, some time next year, I hope to contribute a tool which 
parses C test cases, extract warning/error markers, and use that to 
check fortify warnings.

Thanks,
Florian