Distribute test cases in tarballs by default

* INSTALL, INSTALL.REPO, admin/make-tarball.txt:
Mention ‘make check’.
* configure.ac: Update comment.
* etc/NEWS: Say that tarballs have a test directory.
* make-dist (with_tests): Default to "yes".
Add an option --no-tests to make it "no".

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/make-dist b/make-dist
index 74660032e93..e4e6d40d982 100755
--- a/make-dist
+++ b/make-dist
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ make_tar=no
 default_gzip=gzip
 newer=""
 with_info=yes
-with_tests=no
+with_tests=yes
 changelog=yes
 verbose=no
 
@@ -110,11 +110,16 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
      ;;
 
     ## Include the test/ directory.
-    ## This option is mainly for the hydra build server.
+    ## This is for backward compability to when --no-tests was the default.
     "--tests")
       with_tests=yes
      ;;
 
+    ## Exclude the test/ directory.
+    "--no-tests")
+      with_tests=no
+     ;;
+
     "--verbose")
       verbose=yes
      ;;
@@ -131,9 +136,9 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
       echo "  --no-update	don't recompile or do analogous things"
       echo "  --no-changelog	don't generate the top-level ChangeLog"
       echo "  --no-info		don't include info files"
+      echo "  --no-tests	don't include the test/ directory"
       echo "  --snapshot	same as --clean-up --no-update --tar --no-check"
       echo "  --tar		make a tar file"
-      echo "  --tests	include the test/ directory"
       echo "  --verbose		noisier output"
       echo ""
       exit 0