Major - P3 We currently do a build with configure --with-timestamp-size=0 as part of the wiredtiger-configure-combinations but don't run the Python test suite.
Some tests currently fail:
ERROR: test_prepare03.test_prepre03.test_prepare_cursor(table-row) (subunit.RemotedTestCase)
test_prepare03.test_prepre03.test_prepare_cursor(table-row)
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_StringException: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/mnt/fast/mjc/wt/src/wiredtiger-git/test/suite/test_prepare03.py", line 93, in test_prepare_cursor
self.session.prepare_transaction("prepare_timestamp=2a")
WiredTigerError: Operation not supported
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ERROR: test_las01.test_las01.test_las (subunit.RemotedTestCase)
test_las01.test_las01.test_las
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_StringException: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/mnt/fast/mjc/wt/src/wiredtiger-git/test/suite/test_las01.py", line 149, in test_las
self.conn.set_timestamp('stable_timestamp=' + timestamp_str(1))
WiredTigerError: Operation not supported
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Those tests should be skipped when timestamps are disabled, we have wiredtiger.timestamp_build() to check that. We should also periodically run the unit test suite with that build to prevent regressions.