(SUBDIRS): Add comments discouraging the

addition of new directories under tests/.

diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 2ef5d718017f287d2acaa2fb574f00e1eb6dc8be..0364722c68cfccd3fc781ca1361796d96fef0470 100644 (file)
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -18,11 +18,15 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
   expensive group-names input-tty lang-default mk-script priv-check \
   rwx-to-mode sample-test setgid-check umask-check very-expensive
 
+## N O T E :: Please do not add new tests/ directories.
+## Some people feel that there are too many already.
+## Put new tests in misc/.
 SUBDIRS = \
   basename chgrp chmod chown cp cut dd dircolors du expr factor \
   fmt head install join ln ls ls-2 md5sum misc mkdir mv od pr readlink \
   rm rmdir seq sha1sum shred sort stty sum tac tail tail-2 tee test \
   touch tr tsort unexpand uniq wc
+## N O T E :: Please do not add new directories.
 
 .PHONY: check-root
 check-root: