On Friday, November 2, 2012 8:44:03 AM UTC-7, Ehsan Akhgari wrote:
> On 2012-11-01 8:47 PM, Dave Mandelin wrote:
> 
> > |-- tests/
> 
> >          |-- browser-chrome/
> 
> >                  |-- topic1 (omit this level if there would be only one)
> 
> >                  |-- topic2
> 
> >                  |-- [...]
> 
> >          |-- chrome/
> 
> >          |-- crashtests/
> 
> >          |-- marionette/
> 
> >          |-- mochitests/
> 
> >          |-- reftests/
> 
> >          |-- xpcshell
> 
> >          |-- [..]/
> 
> 
> 
> I think the reason that this is a problem in the eyes of some people is 
> 
> that some of our test frameworks don't use manifests (for example, 
> 
> mochitests) and rely on make rules.  If we fixed that problem, those who 
> 
> are interested in seeing all of the tests in the same directory can 
> 
> write their own tools to create whatever directory structure they need. 
> 
>   But the benefits of moving the tests in the tree are questionable for 
> 
> people who work on specific areas of the code base, which I believe is 
> 
> the majority of Gecko hackers.

Fair enough. There's a resounding call not to consolidate the test directories 
in one place.

Dave
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