Re: [PATCH 1/2] tests: make test runner a script, not a shell function

[Jim Meyering]

Stefano Lattarini wrote:
...
>> I've seen a few projects that require their automake-managed tests
>> be run sequentially.  I suspect that some maintainers will not be eager
>> to adapt their tests to run in parallel solely to accommodate a newer
>> version of automake.  If you have only a dozen or so tests, whether they
>> run in sequence or parallel doesn't make a big difference, but the work
>> required to "upgrade" may be considerable.
>>
>> I urge you not to impose such a change.
>> There are already too many projects that require some ancient
>> version of automake.  Let's not make it hard to upgrade.
>>
> OK, but there's a misunderstanding here.  My proposal above was only about
> the "new" and "old" implementations of the 'parallel-tests' suite (where
> the "new" one uses the 'test-driver' auxiliary script); I wasn't proposing
> to touch the old serial testsuite *at all*.

Good!  Glad it was merely because I misread.