Tests run in parallel when run from the command line in Maven. We have had issues, especially when some test changes global state. Can’t remember the details, however.
- Paul > On Aug 28, 2017, at 6:04 PM, Timothy Farkas <tfar...@mapr.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I will be working on > DRILL-5730<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-5730> and see some > other areas for potential improvement with regard to testing: > > 1. Add caching of maven artifacts to the Travis build. This should > significantly speed up compiling the code in travis. > 2. Running unit tests in parallel. > 3. Make the Travis build actually run unit tests (currently it does not). > > Points (1) and (3) are easy to do, but I was wondering if anyone has > experience with some of the potential pitfalls of running unit tests in > parallel? Are there certain tests which will have race conditions? and are > there any foreseeable issues with running multiple embedded drill bits in > parallel? > > Thanks, > Tim > >
