Re: gnulib creates tests/ directory

[Bruno Haible]

Hi Simon,

> Ouch.  Shouldn't we rename 'valgrind-tests' instead?
> ...
> Whatever problem appears if we rename
> 'valgrind-tests' to, say, 'valgrindtests' we could fix.

'valgrindtests' would be a hack.

'valgrind-support-for-tests' would have the same problem.

'test-support-with-valgrind' would reflect the meaning, but is a bit long.

> The naming was a clever hack long time ago

What did this naming attempt to achieve?

> but this module always behaved bit weird
> (e.g., creating an empty gnulib tests/ sub-directory if a package
> doesn't use any gnulib test modules)

This is fixed now.

So, IMO, there is no need to rename the module any more.

Bruno