Since HBase is targeted to run on hdfs and not the local file system, we want to test it in its "native" environment and not a mock-up which might not have all the ideosynchracies of the "real thing".
Jim, I agree there should be integration tests that run against the hdfs - that can run on hudon. However there should be unit test that test code units of hbase not of hadoop. Those should not use the dfs since the idea of unit tests is not test underlaying third party systems.
Anyhow just a user feedback the test suite as it is today is not useful for me personal, since first, it never passed on my box and second it takes 30 min to run - so I never run it - what is not the idea of having a test suite and never run it during development.
Just some feedback... Stefan
