On 01/16/2013 04:50 PM, Brandon Black wrote: > [SNIP]
> Given I don't really have the extra time to deal with that conversion right > now, and the statement in the manual: "This harness is still somewhat > experimental and may undergo changes in order to satisfy additional > portability requirements" > This is no longer true (the harness has been used and tested extensively now, and seems to work very well). I should probably just remove that sentence. > which likely means my complex conversion will hit > new snags with further changes to this evolving feature, I'd just rather > not convert at this time. > See above. Well, actually, the parallel harness might evolve in a backward-incompatibly ways in the API it offers to writers of custom test drivers: <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#API-for-Custom-Test-Drivers> But if you only use the built-in drivers, the interface for that, as is supposed to remain stable (or be improved in backward-compatible ways only). > The reason for the 1.11.6 dependency, by the way, is that current > Debian/Ubuntu releases are still on that version. Bumping my requirement > to 1.12 would mean anyone working with the code on those platforms would > have to download their own local automake update and put it in /usr/local > or whatever, which seems silly given I don't really need any 1.12+ features > (well, aside from a working "serial-tests" option). > Another good reason for going with the "just run my custom test-runner from the 'check-local' target" solution you described in your follow-up mail :-) Regards, Stefano
