> Maybe we really do, since I can remember a number of tickets where tests
> were removed or changed from the most useful versions because even the
> "long" tests were running more than X seconds in the file (for a smallish
> value of X, not 3600 or something).  Then at least one could run the really
> long tests before a stable release.  But many of those really do have great
> value for users even if it is impractical to run them every time tests are
> run.

Hmmmmm.... It was once suggested (maybe by Jeroen?) that we could
have, for free, a decorator like that. Something like '# optional -
veryverylong'. Just add whatever tag you want after an 'optional' and
it will work.

There are some tests that I run 'from time to time', especially in a
development phase (while a big module is being written) to make sure
that all results stay correct. To take the example of Strongly Regular
Graphs (SRG) that Jori mentionned, I run from time to time a script
that builds them all up to n=2000 (the same was done on combinatorial
designs). That's something I run to double-check what I do, but I
would feel guilty if I forced anybody but me to run it regularly.

I don't know how such a type of test could be named, or whether this
name should be 'standard'. Just writing this to explain my situation,
in case it makes more sense to somebody else :-)

Nathann

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