[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #11651: Improve Makefile test targets.

[Nadeem Vawda]

On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:09 AM, nadeem.vawda
> <python-checkins at python.org> wrote:
>> - Remove duplicate test run in "make test" and "make testuniversal"
>
> That seems very questionable - the rationale for running the test
> suite twice by default to ensure PYC generation is working correctly
> still holds.

The consensus on the tracker was that it isn't worth doubling the time taken to
run "make test" to check for a class of bug that seems to be relatively rare.
For changes that touch anything as far-reaching as .pyc generation, you should
be using "make testall" anyway (and that does still use two passes).

Cheers,
Nadeem