Add note about test-suites to guidelines

This was discussed a while back but it was never added to the
guidelines.
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@@ -849,6 +849,13 @@ See <a href="rules.html#rule17">Rule 17</a> and in particular the part about the
number of files</a>. If you do not follow these points, you
are at a great risk of violating <a href="rules.html#rule17">Rule 17</a>!
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<strong>NOTE</strong>: if you want to include a test-suite that requires a lot of files,
please suggest this in your <code>remarks.md</code> and if your submission wins it can
be done. In other words you should not use a tarball for a test-suite unless you
have a very good reason for this (and if you do, make <strong>SURE</strong> you specify why
in your <code>remarks.md</code>).
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<h1 id="mkiocccentry"><code>mkiocccentry</code></h1>
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<a href="rules.html#rule17">Rule 17</a> (the <code>mkiocccentry(1)</code> rule) states that