Megatest

				 (if (and mcj (string->number mcj))
				     (string->number mcj)
				     1))) ;; length of the register queue ahead
	(reglen                (if (number? reglen-in) reglen-in 1))
	(last-time-incomplete  (- (current-seconds) 900)) ;; force at least one clean up cycle
	(last-time-some-running (current-seconds))
	(tdbdat                (tasks:open-db)))

    ;; BB: suspicion: sorted-tests violate dependency topology
    (debug:print 0 "BB> sorted-test-names: "sorted-test-names)
    ;; Initialize the test-registery hash with tests that already have a record
    ;; convert state to symbol and use that as the hash value
    (for-each (lambda (trec)
		(let ((id (db:test-get-id        trec))
		      (tn (db:test-get-testname  trec))
		      (ip (db:test-get-item-path trec))
		      (st (db:test-get-state     trec)))
		  (if (not (equal? st "DELETED"))
		      (hash-table-set! test-registry (db:test-make-full-name tn ip) (string->symbol st)))))
	      tests-info)
    (set! max-retries (if (and max-retries (string->number max-retries))(string->number max-retries) 100))

    (let loop ((hed         (car sorted-test-names))
	       (tal         (cdr sorted-test-names))
	       (reg         '()) ;; registered, put these at the head of tal 
	       (reruns      '()))


      (set! reruns '()) ;; force it to test impact!!

    (if (not (null? reruns))(debug:print-info 4 "reruns=" reruns))
    

      ;; Here we mark any old defunct tests as incomplete. Do this every fifteen minutes