split test/parallel into subsystem folders

[Fishrock123]

The /parallel/ tests directory is pretty huge, with 1010 tests at the time of writing.
So large, that GitHub has begun truncating it. And, it is pretty hard to scroll though to find something (depending on your editor of choice).

Perhaps we should split it into actual subsystem folders? Does the test runner allow for that?

It would be a bit of a headache again though, like when we moved /simple/ to /parallel/..

cc @nodejs/testing & @nodejs/ctc

[jasnell]

Definite +1 on this, it's getting rather difficult to manage. Not sure if
the test runner supports it but would be easy to test. Definite headache
but worth doing.
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The /parallel/ tests directory is pretty huge, with 1010 tests at the
time of writing.
So large, that GitHub has begun truncating it. And, it is pretty hard to
scroll though to find something (depending on your editor of choice).

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Perhaps we should split it into actual subsystem folders? Does the test
runner allow for that?

It would be a bit of a headache again though, like when we moved /simple/
to /parallel/..

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#6217

[evanlucas]

I like it +1 from me

[bengl]

I've got this working. Just need to fix the relative URLs in tests. PR coming soon.

[indutny]

What is a main difficulty of managing it? (Note: I'm +0 myself so far, so would appreciate to learn some arguments)

[trevnorris]

I don't see the need to change the current directory structure besides accommodating github. Am ±0 on whether this is important enough to warrant changing the entire structure again. except in a way that makes backporting tests more annoying.

[evanlucas]

oooo that's a good point @trevnorris.

[calvinmetcalf]

so this also has problems in some test editors, e.g. atom doesn't do awesome with that folder

[Trott]

This issue has been inactive for sufficiently long that it seems like perhaps it should be closed. Feel free to re-open (or leave a comment requesting that it be re-opened) if you disagree. I'm just tidying up and not acting on a super-strong opinion or anything like that.

FWIW, the implementation in #6230 got some mixed reactions.