AFAIK this was part of Herriot, which I don't think runs anymore with trunk. Given it lacks an active maintainer and I'm not aware of anyone using it, I think we should remove src/test/system.

Agree. Doesn't build or run on trunk or branch-2. Let's remove it.

Patch attached (generated by svn remove of the various src/test/system directories).

+1 overall. Here are the results of testing the latest attachment
http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12530663/hadoop-8450.txt
against trunk revision .

+1 @author. The patch does not contain any @author tags.

+1 tests included. The patch appears to include 111 new or modified test files.

+1 javac. The applied patch does not increase the total number of javac compiler warnings.

+1 javadoc. The javadoc tool did not generate any warning messages.

+1 eclipse:eclipse. The patch built with eclipse:eclipse.

+1 findbugs. The patch does not introduce any new Findbugs (version 1.3.9) warnings.

+1 release audit. The applied patch does not increase the total number of release audit warnings.

+1 core tests. The patch passed unit tests in hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs.

+1 contrib tests. The patch passed contrib unit tests.

Test results: https://builds.apache.org/job/PreCommit-HADOOP-Build/1073//testReport/
Console output: https://builds.apache.org/job/PreCommit-HADOOP-Build/1073//console

This message is automatically generated.

+1. When you do the commit, please actually use `svn rm' so that the svn history looks good.

I've committed this (via svn rm) on trunk and branch-2. Thanks for the review ATM.

Integrated in Hadoop-Hdfs-trunk-Commit #2388 (See https://builds.apache.org/job/Hadoop-Hdfs-trunk-Commit/2388/)
HADOOP-8450. Remove src/test/system. Contributed by Eli Collins (Revision 1345794)

Result = SUCCESS
eli : http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/?root=Apache-SVN&view=rev&rev=1345794
Files :

• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/system
• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/system
• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/contrib/gridmix/src/test/system
• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/test/system

Integrated in Hadoop-Common-trunk-Commit #2316 (See https://builds.apache.org/job/Hadoop-Common-trunk-Commit/2316/)
HADOOP-8450. Remove src/test/system. Contributed by Eli Collins (Revision 1345794)

Result = SUCCESS
eli : http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/?root=Apache-SVN&view=rev&rev=1345794
Files :

• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/system
• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/system
• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/contrib/gridmix/src/test/system
• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/test/system

Integrated in Hadoop-Mapreduce-trunk-Commit #2334 (See https://builds.apache.org/job/Hadoop-Mapreduce-trunk-Commit/2334/)
HADOOP-8450. Remove src/test/system. Contributed by Eli Collins (Revision 1345794)

Result = FAILURE
eli : http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/?root=Apache-SVN&view=rev&rev=1345794
Files :

• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/system
• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/system
• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/contrib/gridmix/src/test/system
• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/test/system

Integrated in Hadoop-Hdfs-trunk #1066 (See https://builds.apache.org/job/Hadoop-Hdfs-trunk/1066/)
HADOOP-8450. Remove src/test/system. Contributed by Eli Collins (Revision 1345794)

Result = FAILURE
eli : http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/?root=Apache-SVN&view=rev&rev=1345794
Files :

• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/system
• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/system
• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/contrib/gridmix/src/test/system
• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/test/system

Integrated in Hadoop-Mapreduce-trunk #1100 (See https://builds.apache.org/job/Hadoop-Mapreduce-trunk/1100/)
HADOOP-8450. Remove src/test/system. Contributed by Eli Collins (Revision 1345794)

Result = FAILURE
eli : http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/?root=Apache-SVN&view=rev&rev=1345794
Files :

• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/system
• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/system
• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/contrib/gridmix/src/test/system
• /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/test/system

Integrated in Hadoop-Hdfs-0.23-Build #304 (See https://builds.apache.org/job/Hadoop-Hdfs-0.23-Build/304/)
svn merge -c 1345794 FIXES: HADOOP-8450. Remove src/test/system. (eli) (Revision 1356896)

Result = SUCCESS
bobby : http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/?root=Apache-SVN&view=rev&rev=1356896
Files :

• /hadoop/common/branches/branch-0.23/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
• /hadoop/common/branches/branch-0.23/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/system
• /hadoop/common/branches/branch-0.23/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/system
• /hadoop/common/branches/branch-0.23/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/contrib/gridmix/src/test/system
• /hadoop/common/branches/branch-0.23/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/test/system