There are quite a few tests in the suite that use ExecType.MAPREDUCE. It seems to me that we can now get away with ExecType.LOCAL for many of these, since local is now using Hadoop. The difference in test speed is fairly dramatic -- when I switched HBaseStorage tests, they went from roughly 50 seconds each to roughly 12 seconds each. The only tests for which (I think) we need the full MAPREDUCE exec mode is when we are messing with classpaths, need to ensure new jvms pick up the right classes, etc. Objections to switching these tests over? Suggestions on what to watch out for?
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