[GHC] #691: Make the testsuite standalone

[GHC]

#691: Make the testsuite standalone
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    Reporter:  simonmar    |        Owner:                  
        Type:  task        |       Status:  new             
    Priority:  normal      |    Milestone:                  
   Component:  Test Suite  |      Version:  6.4.1           
    Severity:  normal      |     Keywords:                  
          Os:  Unknown     |   Difficulty:  Moderate (1 day)
Architecture:  Unknown     |  
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The testsuite uses very little from the fptools framework, and could quite
 easily be made standalone.  This would have a few benefits:

  * People could download it from darcs without having a GHC source tree,
 add tests
    and submit them using 'darcs send', or attach the darcs patch to a bug
 report.

  * It would be a step in the right direction towards making the test suite
 more
    compiler-independent

  * We could ask people to grab a testsuite and do 'make fast', as a quick
    verification of their GHC installation.

  * Might this be a good framework for building a set of Haskell'
 conformance
    tests?

 When this is done, we should also have a wiki page for the testsuite
 describing how to get it and use it.

 A nice little project for someone?

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Ticket URL: <http://cvs.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/691>
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