[IPython-dev] Slow testsuite?

[Fernando Perez]

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 10:32 PM, MinRK <benjaminrk at gmail.com> wrote:
> Much of the reason the parallel test suite is slow is that it starts engines
> at many points, since numerous tests involve the behavior during changes of
> the number of engines.  Further, the reason the test suite has become slower
> is the recent increase of the default heartbeat period from 1s to 3s.  This
> means it can take 6s from starting an engine to the Hub confirming that the
> engine is up on its first heartbeat response.  I can shorten the heartbeat
> time in the test suite quite easily (via the `--ping` argument to the
> controller).  It's still slow, due to the starting of many processes, and
> various waiting periods, but adding `--ping=100` (milliseconds) to the
> controller args, shaved ~60s off my runtime.

+1, go for it.

> Very nearly all of the time in the parallel test suite is spent waiting for
> something or other, so a fast machine will make approximately no difference.

Yup, that was clear from the near-zero cpu activity during that part.

Cheers,

f