[Python-Dev] Trimming "make quicktest"

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:29:22 -0400
David Bolen <db3l.net at gmail.com> wrote:
> Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 12:36 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> >> You mean in the "-j" option itself or in "make test"?
> >
> > I was actually suggesting that -j be the *default* in regrtest itself,
> > with an option to turn it off or force a particular number of
> > processes.
> 
> Just one request - if there are changes in this direction (e.g.,
> trying to make regrtest use all cores by default), please include the
> ability to configure/override this for individual builders (or at
> least slaves) since otherwise I won't be able to disable it.

I think "-j" should remain a manual setting. I've posted a patch to
enable it automatically in "make test" for convenience, but it would
be enabled for neither "-m test" nor "make buildbottest".

Regards

Antoine.