Just a small precision because few people mentioned losing history.
Even if the tests are moved the history is not gonna be lost it will
just be a bit more difficult to follow.

Best,
Stamatis

On Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 9:42 AM jensen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I agree to freeze
> "RelOptRulesTest". My suggestion is to avoid migrating the tests here either 
> step by step or all at once, as that could result in losing important Git 
> information. This is because we might need to know who originally added a 
> particular test case.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Zhen Chen
>
> ---- Replied Message ----
> | From | Ruben Q L<[email protected]> |
> | Date | 02/20/2026 16:26 |
> | To | [email protected] |
> | Cc | |
> | Subject | Re: [DISCUSS] Stop testing rules inside RelOptRulesTest |
> I think this is a good idea.
>
> I agree with Stamatis proposal of "freezing" RelOptRuleTest and from now on
> adding new rule tests in separate, dedicated files.
> Perhaps when adding a new test for rule X (in its dedicated file), the PR
> contributor could examine RelOptRuleTest, see if there are existing tests
> in there for said rule X, and "migrate" them into the new file (so that we
> make RelOptRuleTest lighter little by little).
>
> Best,
> Ruben
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 8:10 AM Stamatis Zampetakis <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > I don't intend to split the existing RelOptRuleTest class as this would be
> > quite a bit of work with a few shortcomings as well.
> >
> > The proposal here is just for new tests. The majority of the tests are
> > aiming a single rule/transformation so going forward we can have a separate
> > class for the rule under test and put new cases there.
> >
> > I am currently working on a new rule so the respective PR may serve as an
> > example to demonstrate concretely the idea. I will share it here once I
> > finish it.
> >
> > Best,
> > Stamatis
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 8:37 AM Cancai Cai <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > I agree with splitting the tests, but the question is how we should split
> > > them, which is perhaps the most important point to discuss.
> > >
> > > Best wishes,
> > > Cancai Cai
> > >
> > > > 2026年2月20日 07:25,Mihai Budiu <[email protected]> 写道:
> > > >
> > > > Sure, big files are annoying.
> > > >
> > > > Mihai
> > > >
> > > > From: Stamatis Zampetakis <[email protected]>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2026 5:53 AM
> > > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> > > > Subject: [DISCUSS] Stop testing rules inside RelOptRulesTest
> > > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > The RelOptRulesTest.java has 12K lines of code and the respective
> > > > RelOptRulesTest.xml file has 22K. Wherever we want to add tests for a
> > > > specific rule we tend to put it there so inevitably these files are
> > > > getting bigger and bigger, navigation becomes harder, conflicts
> > > > increase, naming becomes challenging, etc.
> > > >
> > > > From now onwards we could adopt another pattern where the tests for
> > > > each new rule (e.g., AggregateFilterMagicRule.java) reside into their
> > > > own dedicated testing class (AggregateFilterMagicRuleTest.java) and
> > > > XML file (AggregateFilterMagicRuleTest.xml). In other words, we stop
> > > > adding tests in RelOptRulesTest.java at least for new rules. Thanks to
> > > > the presence of the RelOptFixture class separating tests into
> > > > dedicated classes is trivial and boilerplate code that is required for
> > > > setting it up (e.g., DiffRepo) is rather minimal.
> > > >
> > > > Let me know your thoughts.
> > > >
> > > > Best,
> > > > Stamatis
> > >
> > >
> >

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