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Date:      Sun, 21 Jan 2024 17:21:55 +0000
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>, George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: The Case for Rust (in the base system)
Message-ID:  <202401211721.40LHLtHv025495@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Kristof Provost writes:

> > Why would such a test-tool live in src rather than ports ?
> >
>
> It's entirely reasonable for the test code to live in the same 
> repository as the code it tests.

"reasonable" is a very wishy-washy standard :-)

My view is that test-decriptions SHALL live with the code they test.

But there is no particular reason why the test-tool, which interprets
those test-descriptions and perform the test as described need to.

Insisting they do so, also, almost by definition, limits their
abilities.

For instance a test-tool living in src cannot have a graphical UX.

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