[GHC] #15363: Do some cleaning up of the testsuite driver

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#15363: Do some cleaning up of the testsuite driver
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        Reporter:  lantti            |                Owner:  lantti
            Type:  task              |               Status:  new
        Priority:  low               |            Milestone:  8.6.1
       Component:  Test Suite        |              Version:  8.4.3
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Comment (by monoidal):

 There's already a Python version (timeout.py), it's apparently needed
 sometimes on Windows; see TIMEOUT_PROGRAM in Makefile. This specialcasing
 is from 2009, it's likely it can be removed but it needs checking.

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