Hema,
> > My concern is the test will not run at all if you don't
> have innodb or
> > falcon. Basically, the test will only run in an environment
> built as
> > 'max'
>
>
> Hema: This isn't true. If engines aren't present then we have
> to remove those engines from the combinations file and test
> will run for the other engines mentioned in the combinations
> file. By doing this, we don't have to alter the test case
> based on build and keep the changes limited to the
> combinations file only.
That is impractical! What you are asking developers to do is manually modify
a file in order to run MTR tests. The tests need to allow the possibility
that certain engines are not available and print a message saying the test
was skipped because the engine wasn't available (or some such).
> Hema: Your intention is to make the test independent of
> available engines and we could accomplish that by modifying
> the combination file. Also the purpose of keeping all these
> in the suite is to run them with all available engines (if
> present in a particular build) and Lars also suggested the
> same idea before.
Modifying that file is a static solution. The solution needs to be something
automatic -- active rather than passive. Something that does not require the
developer (or user) to manually modify a file.
Chuck
