Re: 02AS_HELP_STRING.diff

[Derek Robert Price]

Akim Demaille wrote:

> Derek> The deeper reason behind this is that I started converting the CVS
> Derek> test suite (on the CVS project itself, as opposed to the Autoconf test
> Derek> suite checked into CVS) to use autotest.  The CVS tests suite is
> Derek> currently a molithic, 25k+ line Bourne shell script.  You can imagine
> Derek> what a bear that is to maintain.  In converting it, I am attempting to
> Derek> maintain backwards compatibility with the options the original test
> Derek> suite accepts and in a few cases I just can't imagine a better way of
> Derek> accomplishing what the options accomplish.
>
> How about using DejaGNU or QMTest?
>  

No, the design decision was made to use Bourne shell for the test script 
in order to keep it, and CVS, as portable as possible.

Autotest seemed like a good way to keep generating portable test scripts 
while gaining some usabillity and flexibility for the developers.

Derek

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