[HADOOP-7167] Allow using a file to exclude certain tests from build

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.23.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.23.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Todd Lipcon
• Reporter: Todd Lipcon
• Created: 07/Mar/11 22:40
• Updated: 15/Nov/11 00:50
• Resolved: 12/Mar/11 00:25

Description

It would be nice to be able to exclude certain tests when running builds. For example, when a test is "known flaky", you may want to exclude it from the main Hudson job, but not actually disable it in the codebase (so that it still runs as part of another Hudson job, for example).

Issue Links

• is cloned by: HDFS-1731 Allow using a file to exclude certain tests from build
• is cloned by: MAPREDUCE-2367 Allow using a file to exclude certain tests from build