testsuite: about classifying the cases in systemtap.base

["Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑"]

On 11/07/2015 02:33 AM, David Smith wrote:
> On 11/06/2015 07:45 AM, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
>>
>> Hi -
>>
>>> I noticed that there are more than 200 cases in systemtap.base.
>>> And most of them can be classified easily.
>>> I'm going to make sub-directories in systemtap.base.
>>
>> (One would do this more by making new sibling subdirectories
>> beside rather than within systemtap.base)
>>
>>> But I'm not sure whether it is worth to be done.
>>
>> What value do you see to such a change?

It will make different cases be better understood and distinguished.

>
> I see some value in such a change, but I think the biggest disadvantage
> to such a change is that comparing test results between releases becomes
> quite difficult if the testsuite is rearranged.
>
> At the current point, I think the disadvantages outweighs the advantages.
>

I was just confused of that. Thank you for your advice and I won't rearrange
the testsuite.

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Thanks
Zhou