I am trying to decide on a name for a directory where I will put some
extra package tests. The main motivation for this is the need to limit
the package test time on CRAN. That is, these are tests that could be in
the tests/ directory and could be run on CRAN, but will take longer than
CRAN likes.
Scanning through names currently being used in packages on CRAN I see a
large number of inst/tests/ directories, but they seem to be instead of
a tests/ directory at the top level of the package. (There are also some
occurrences of inst/test and test/ at the top level.) I would prefer not
to use these directories as I don't like the possible confusion over
whether these are the standard package tests or additional ones.
The other name that is used a fair amount is inst/unitTests/ (plus
inst/UnitTests/, plus inst/UnitTest/, plus inst/unittests). In many
case these seem to be run by a script in the tests/ directory using a
unit testing framework, so they cannot easily be distinguished from the
normal package tests/ run by CRAN.
I see also an occurrence each of inst/otherTests/ inst/testScripts/ and
inst/test_cases.
My own preference would be inst/extraTests but no one is using that.
Have I missed anything? Does anyone have suggestions or comments? Are
there other reasons one might want tests that are not usually run by CRAN?
Paul
