Keeping the `testsuite-work' and `test-protocols' branches separate is becoming more and more confusing and unwiedly, and since the final aim is to merge them both into master (someday before the 1.12 release), I think it would be acceptable to simply merge them together at this point (i.e., merge the latest `test-protocols' into `testsuite-work', and then simply remove `test-protocols'). I will proceed to do so in 72 hours if there is no objection.
Regards, Stefano