[Python-Dev] any opinion on 'make quicktest'?

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "JH" == Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu> writes:

    JH> I run the regression test a lot.  I have found that it is
    JH> often useful to exclude some of the slowest tests for most of
    JH> the test runs and then do a full test run before I commit
    JH> changes.  Would anyone be opposed to a quicktest target in the
    JH> Makefile that supports this practice?  There are a small
    JH> number of tests that each take at least 10 seconds to
    JH> complete.

I'm strongly +1 on this, because I often run the test suite on an
Insure'd executable.  It takes a looonngg time for even the quick
tests.

-Barry