Re: automake test driver for Guile scheme patch review

[Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be>]

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Op 22-11-2023 om 00:02 schreef Timothy Sample:
> Hello,
> 
> [Dropping Karl since we are no longer discussing Automake maintenance.]
> 
> Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> writes:
> 
>> [What about] discoverability, ease of updating the test driver,
>> clarity, unbundling and the goals of Freja Nordsiek?
> 
> Maybe Guile should adopt the script as ‘guild test-am’ or somesuch.

While written for Automake, it's useful and usable outside it, so I 
would change 'am' to something else. Maybe: ‘guild run-test-suite’.

> Mathieu assigned copyright to the FSF for the Automake patch and I
> believe Maxim would be willing to do the same for the more recent
> patches.

Note: while accepted, that's not a requirement anymore.

> If there’s interest and someone willing to commit the change, I
> volunteer to integrate the script.  I can add a node in the manual after
> “4.8 Distributing Guile Code” called “Testing Guile Code” that links to
> Maxim’s forthcoming SRFI 64 documentation and explains how to use the
> script with Automake.
> 
> Thoughts?

I don't know if there is someone willing to commit the change (as in, I 
don't know, not I know there isn't someone willing), but I would say 
there is definitely interest.

(Doesn't matter for me whether it's in Guile or a thing packaged 
separately ... just not this script that gets copied around with 
somewhat unclear providence.)

Best regards,
Maxime Devos.

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