Megatest

     (else
      (debug:print 4 "FAILS: " fails)
      ;; If one or more of the prereqs-not-met are FAIL then we can issue
      ;; a message and drop hed from the items to be processed.
      (if (null? fails)
	  (begin
	    ;; couldn't run, take a breather
	    (debug:print-info 0 "Shouldn't really get here, race condition? Unable to launch more tests at this moment, killing time ...")
	    (debug:print-info 0 "   test is " hed ", prereqs-not-met is " prereqs-not-met)
	    ;; (thread-sleep! (+ 0.01 *global-delta*)) ;; long sleep here - no resources, may as well be patient
	    ;; we made new tal by sticking hed at the back of the list
	    (list (car newtal)(cdr newtal) reg reruns))
	  ;; the waiton is FAIL so no point in trying to run hed ever again
	  (if (or (not (null? reg))(not (null? tal)))
	      (if (vector? hed)
		  (begin 
		    (debug:print 1 "WARN: Dropping test " (db:test-get-testname hed) "/" (db:test-get-item-path hed)
				 " from the launch list as it has prerequistes that are FAIL")
		    (runs:shrink-can-run-more-tests-count) ;; DELAY TWEAKER (still needed?)
		    ;; (thread-sleep! *global-delta*)
		    (hash-table-set! test-registry (runs:make-full-test-name test-name item-path) 'removed)
		    (list (runs:queue-next-hed tal reg reglen regfull)
			  (runs:queue-next-tal tal reg reglen regfull)
			  (runs:queue-next-reg tal reg reglen regfull)
			  (cons hed reruns)))
		  (begin
		    (debug:print 0 "WARNING: Test not processed correctly. Could be a race condition in your test implementation? Dropping test " hed) ;;  " as it has prerequistes that are FAIL. (NOTE: hed is not a vector)")
		    (runs:shrink-can-run-more-tests-count) ;; DELAY TWEAKER (still needed?)
		    ;; (list hed tal reg reruns)
		    (list (car newtal)(cdr newtal) reg reruns)
		    ))))))))

;; test-records is a hash table testname:item_path => vector < testname testconfig waitons priority items-info ... >
(define (runs:run-tests-queue run-id runname test-records keyvals flags test-patts required-tests reglen-in all-tests-registry)
  ;; At this point the list of parent tests is expanded 
  ;; NB// Should expand items here and then insert into the run queue.
  (debug:print 5 "test-records: " test-records ", flags: " (hash-table->alist flags))
  (let ((run-info              (cdb:remote-run db:get-run-info #f run-id))

    (debug:print-info 4
		      "\nTESTNAME: " full-test-name 
		      "\n   test-config: " (hash-table->alist test-conf)
		      "\n   itemdat: " itemdat
		      )
    (debug:print 2 "Attempting to launch test " full-test-name)
    (setenv "MT_TEST_NAME" test-name) ;; 
    (setenv "MT_ITEMPATH"  item-path)
    (setenv "MT_RUNNAME"   runname)
    (set-megatest-env-vars run-id inrunname: runname) ;; these may be needed by the launching process
    (change-directory *toppath*)

    ;; Here is where the test_meta table is best updated
    ;; Yes, another use of a global for caching. Need a better way?
    (if (not (hash-table-ref/default *test-meta-updated* test-name #f))