Re: [testsuite] Kfail signals.exp failures

[Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>]

> Perhaps we should move all the signals tests to a new subdirectory
> gdb.signal, and delegate someone else to be senior maintainer for
> that subdirectory?  I would feel competent to be junior maintainer.

Well, you're actually doing your job to a tee.  You made a decision 
based on the best available information, and then when more information 
came to light, revised the decision, and learn't from the experience :-)

(I've now posted fixes to both signals.exp and sigstep.exp)

As for a separate signals directory, this code is really testing 
infrun.c (ya), and makes for some fundamental functionality (should have 
been fixed working 10+ years ago), so I think still belongs in gdb.base. 
  Besides I've been naming all the files sig*.exp so that they are easy 
to identify.

I think its better to reserve new directories for things that are 
clearly separate -> stabs edge cases, dwarf edge cases, C++ lang stuff, 
...  We could too easily end up with a pedantic debate over which 
directory a test belongs (...) :-)

> If we don't do that, then I'm going to try something new in gdb
> maintainership: delegation.  I'll ask for 2 or 3 expert volunteers,
> and I'll approve a signals patch just when there's unanimous consent
> among the experts.
> 
> And I've made a note to read up on signals tests.

Andrew