[2.20] [5/6] Generate overall summary of test results

[Joseph S. Myers]

On Mon, 10 Feb 2014, Brooks Moses wrote:

> > * In the toplevel Makefile, the rule for xtests is more minimal than
> >    that for tests because there are no tests for xtests at top level.
> >    Is this appropriate, or should it use $(xtests-special) despite that
> >    variable being empty, and otherwise mimic the rule for tests?  Or,
> >    should we say that it's a deprecated feature to have tests at top
> >    level at all, that such tests would best be moved into
> >    subdirectories in separate patches, and so that keeping the xtests
> >    rule minimal is the right thing to do because it shows what the
> >    tests rule should look like once tests have been moved away from
> >    toplevel?
> 
> I have no opinion on this.

Does anyone else wish to comment on this point?

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Joseph S. Myers
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