[MERGE] Speedup selftest by loading a previously saved test list

[Vincent Ladeuil]

>>>>> "robert" == Robert Collins <robertc at robertcollins.net> writes:

    robert> On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 16:49 +0000, John Arbash Meinel wrote:
    >> 
    >> Overall this looks like a decent patch. I wonder if we shouldn't
    >> continue to use test_suite() when possible and just have it thunk into
    >> load_tests(...). I'm not sure if it is worthwhile as long as we keep
    >> bzrlib.tests.test_suite().

    robert> I'd suggest trying for test_suite and if it is not there just user
    robert> loader.load_tests_from_module(plugin)

Which is exactly the opposite of what I want to do ;-)

So, will it be ok if this was the default loader policy but I
revert it when using a bzr specific loader activated via our
specific selftest options ? I.e. when using --load-list the
loader try load_tests first and then test_suite.

       Vincent