On 02/20/2012 06:42 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > Currently, automake offers a 'parallel-tests' option to enable the > use of the parallel testsuite harness in the generated Makefiles, > but no option to explicitly state the intention of using the older > serial testsuite driver (which is currently the default). > > This makes the parallel test harness seems like a second-class > citizen (while actually it should be the other way around); more > importantly, it will prevent us from making the parallel harness > be the default one in future automake versions, since the users > of the serial harness would then have no way to instruct automake > to continue using it. > > We solve all of this by introducing a new 'serial-tests' option. > > * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): Recognize the > new option, and related minor refactoring. > * tests/serial-tests.test: New test. > * tests/list-of-tests.mk: Add it. > * doc/automake.texi: Update. > * NEWS: Likewise. > Pushed now.
Regards, Stefano
