Re: [Python-Dev] [ python-Bugs-1124637 ] test_subprocess is far too slow (fwd)

2005-02-17 Thread Nick Coghlan
Peter Astrand wrote: I'd like to have your opinion on this bug. Personally, I'd prefer to keep test_no_leaking as it is, but if you think otherwise... One thing that actually can motivate that test_subprocess takes 20% of the overall time is that this test is a good generic Python stress test -

Re: [Python-Dev] [ python-Bugs-1124637 ] test_subprocess is far too slow (fwd)

2005-02-17 Thread Guido van Rossum
I'd like to have your opinion on this bug. Personally, I'd prefer to keep test_no_leaking as it is, but if you think otherwise... One thing that actually can motivate that test_subprocess takes 20% of the overall time is that this test is a good generic Python stress test - this test might

Re: [Python-Dev] [ python-Bugs-1124637 ] test_subprocess is far too slow (fwd)

2005-02-17 Thread Walter Dörwald
Guido van Rossum wrote: [...] There used to be a farm of machines that did nothing but run the test suite (snake-farm). This seems to have stopped (it was run by volunteers at a Swedish university). Maybe we should revive such an effort, and make sure it runs with -u all. I've changed the job that

Re: [Python-Dev] [ python-Bugs-1124637 ] test_subprocess is far too slow (fwd)

2005-02-17 Thread Marcus Alanen
Guido van Rossum wrote: The Python test suite already has a way (the -u flag) to distinguish between regular broad-coverage testing and deep coverage for specific (or all) areas. Let's keep the really long-running tests out of the regular test suite. There used to be a farm of machines that did