[IMPALA-4639] Add a pytest skip marker for tests that can't pass if run on remote clusters

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 2.7.0
• Fix Version/s: Impala 2.8.0
• Component/s: Infrastructure
• Labels: test-infra
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: David Knupp
• Created: 09/Dec/16 23:22
• Updated: 29/Aug/17 16:19
• Resolved: 29/Aug/17 16:19

Description

Some tests are unable to run on remote clusters because of test setup or infrastructure reasons, and not because of product failure. We should be able to selectively skip tests that can't be set up properly to run against a remote cluster.