On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 1:10 AM, Ralf Wildenhues <ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de> wrote: > Hello, > > I'll throw a couple of suggestions for Autotools out there: > > 1) Interfacing with the Test Anything Protocol (TAP) (or maybe another > test protocol?). Automake-generated Makefiles could be consumers of the > protocol for third-party testsuites. Automake-generated simple > testsuites (TESTS) and Autoconf-generated Autotest testsuites could be > producers. > > This project would entail both investigating the possible advantages > of either step, prototyping an implementation, and getting it ready > to merge into the code. Each step on its own would already be useful > on its own, and small enough to be completed within the given time > frame.
I've mentioned subunit before - its similar to TAP but slightly more structured and capable of handling binary attachments and so on. -Rob