The WebRev with @ignore in SymmetricRangeTests is here: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~bpb/6910473/webrev.3/
jtreg ignores the test with a message "test result: Error. Test ignored: hugeMemory" with default jtreg command-line; jtreg runs it with additional switch "-ignore:run". On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Alan Bateman <alan.bate...@oracle.com>wrote: > On 17/10/2013 15:59, Dmitry Nadezhin wrote: > >> Another solution may be to exclude the SymmetricRangeTests from automatic >> test runs, >> and to keep this file somewhere for manual tests runs only. >> What do you think about this ? >> > Yes, this make sense. Also we have other examples of long-running or > resource-intensive tests have two execution modes. The downside of course > is that there is no guarantee that it will be run on a regular basis. > > > Can this be implemented in jtreg (for example by "@key hugeMemory" tag) ? >> > Keywords are possible but I think there is bigger question/discussion > needed on test selection. > > -Alan >