Re: New regression test time

On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 2:28 AM, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>> It's sad to simply reject meaningful automated tests on the basis of doubt
>> that they're important enough to belong in every human-in-the-loop test
>> run.
>> I share the broader vision for automated testing represented by these
>> patches.
>
> +1 We should be encouraging people to submit automated tests.

It seems like there is now a clear consensus to proceed here, so I'll
start looking at committing some of these tests.

> Automated testing is about x10-100 faster than manual testing, so I see new
> tests as saving me time not wasting it.

+1.

> Let's have a new schedule called minute-check with the objective to run the
> common tests in 60 secs.
>
> We can continue to expand the normal schedules from here.
>
> Anybody that wants short tests can run that, everyone else can run the full
> test suite.
>
> We should be encouraging people to run the full test suite, not the fast
> one.

I like this idea, or some variant of it (fastcheck?).

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