On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:39 AM, Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com> wrote: > The steps required to set up an autotest-based testsuite are already > excellently described in the autoconf manual: > <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/Making-testsuite-Scripts.html> > and seem pretty mechanical, so it shouldn't be too much difficult to > teach automake how to reproduce them. > > Do you think that would be worthwhile? If yes, I might attempt an > implementation (taking as references/inspiration the autoconf manual > and autoconf's own tests/Makefile.am). I must warn you that that will > probably take me some time, tough.
It sounds useful for some (probably not me, though), but I'd be wary of the big warning at the start of the autotest section: >> N.B.: This section describes a feature which is still >> stabilizing. Although we believe that Autotest is useful as-is, this >> documentation describes an interface which might change in the future: >> do not depend upon Autotest without subscribing to the Autoconf mailing >> lists. -- Jack
