Megatest

					     ;; #f      ;; spare
					     )))
	    (for-each 
	     (lambda (waiton)
	       (if (and waiton (not (member waiton test-names)))
		   (begin
		     (set! required-tests (cons waiton required-tests))
		     (set! test-names (cons waiton test-names))))) ;; was an append, now a cons
	     waitons)
	    (let ((remtests (delete-duplicates (append waitons tal))))
	      (if (not (null? remtests))
		  (loop (car remtests)(cdr remtests)))))))

    (if (not (null? required-tests))
	(debug:print 1 "INFO: Adding " required-tests " to the run queue"))

	    (if (and have-resources
		     (null? prereqs-not-met))
		;; no loop - drop though and use the loop at the bottom 
		(run:test db run-id runname keyvallst test-record flags #f)
		;; else the run is stuck, temporarily or permanently
		(let ((newtal (append tal (list hed))))
		  ;; couldn't run, take a breather
		  (thread-sleep! 4)
		  (loop (car newtal)(cdr newtal))))))
	 
	 ;; case where an items came in as a list been processed
	 ((and (list? items)     ;; thus we know our items are already calculated
	       (not   itemdat)) ;; and not yet expanded into the list of things to be done
	  (if (>= *verbosity* 1)(pp items))
	  ;; (if (>= *verbosity* 5)

		     (set! tal (cons newtestname tal)))))) ;; since these are itemized create new test names testname/itempath
	   items)
	  (loop (car tal)(cdr tal)))

	 ;; if items is a proc then need to run items:get-items-from-config, get the list and loop 
	 ;;    - but only do that if resources exist to kick off the job
	 ((or (procedure? items)(eq? items 'have-procedure))
	  (if (and (runs:can-run-more-tests db test-record)
		   (null? (db:get-prereqs-not-met db run-id waitons item-path)))
	      (let ((test-name (tests:testqueue-get-testname test-record)))
		(setenv "MT_TEST_NAME" test-name) ;; 
		(setenv "MT_RUNNAME"   runname)
		(set-megatest-env-vars db run-id) ;; these may be needed by the launching process
		(let ((items-list (items:get-items-from-config tconfig)))
		  (if (list? items-list)
		      (begin
			(tests:testqueue-set-items! test-record items-list)
			(loop hed tal))
		      (begin
			(debug:print 0 "ERROR: The proc from reading the setup did not yield a list - please report this")
			(exit 1)))))
	      (let ((newtal (append tal (list hed))))
		;; if can't run more tests, lets take a breather
		(thread-sleep! 1)
		(loop (car newtal)(cdr newtal)))))

	 ;; this case should not happen, added to help catch any bugs
	 ((and (list? items) itemdat)