Having a parallel and featureful testing system is very useful. I use it to
test Test::More (in the Test-Builder1.5 branch). Others might find it useful
to do the same.
t/test.pl is very important to the Perl core tests, but it is largely
undocumented and untested. Going through the p5p process to patch it makes
working on it difficult and open to bike shedding. If it were dual-lived it
could be worked on as its own thing with its own commits and tests.
By having a dedicated feed of issues and commits, careful attention could be
paid to what code and features are going in. Close attention and discussion
can happen about whether the code is simple enough and the features apt for
the needs of the core.
If folks are cool with that, I can set up a Github repository for it. We'll
worry about whether CPAN release is appropriate later.
The starting set of collaborators would be picked from the folks who use it
and patch it and want a commit bit.
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