[issue2551366] Running tests: Need a small howto, probably in README

New submission from Ralf Schlatterbeck:

The README in the test directory doesn't contain any hints on what is needed to run the tests:
- What database users do we need
- What passwords can we use
- Can we override the default config

I think the tests should either honor settings in the environment or have a small (optional, not checked into a version control system) config file.

The test *used to* honor the settings RDBMS_USER and RDBMS_PASSWORD in the environment. They no longer seem to do this. Note that having the password in an environment variable constitutes a security risk. But it is still much better than requiring a hard-coded password in the source.

In addition in Postgres when I do have a database user 'rounduptest' most tests run for me.
But a lot of tests seem to use a username 'rounduptest_schema' with an unknown/undocumented password. I'm currently not able to make these tests run.

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components: Documentation
messages: 8145
nosy: rouilj, schlatterbeck
severity: minor
status: new
title: Running tests: Need a small howto, probably in README
type: rfe
versions: devel

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