The test system that is included in Unix source and binary
distributions makes it possible for users and developers to
perform regression tests on the MySQL code. These tests can be
run on Unix. They cannot currently be run in a native Windows
environment.
The current set of test cases doesn't test everything in MySQL,
but it should catch most obvious bugs in the SQL processing
code, OS/library issues, and is quite thorough in testing
replication. Our eventual goal is to have the tests cover 100%
of the code. We welcome contributions to our test suite. You may
especially want to contribute tests that examine the
functionality critical to your system because this ensures that
all future MySQL releases work well with your applications.
