Message 213407 - Python tracker

Message213407

Author	pitrou
Recipients	ncoghlan, pitrou, r.david.murray, serhiy.storchaka, vstinner
Date	2014-03-13.15:32:27
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> It might be possible to make the parameters dynamic, for example > using > the system loads. But I'm not really interested to invest too much time > on optimizing the timing parameters for buildbots. I would like to > ensure that tests pass with a short "test sleep" on my PC. For example, > it looks weird to check that a sleep of 500 ms takes less 1.5 seconds: > why not testing that the sleep takes less than 600 ms? Because it's too tight for some systems.

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> It might be possible to make the parameters dynamic, for example
> using
> the system loads. But I'm not really interested to invest too much time
> on optimizing the timing parameters for buildbots. I would like to
> ensure that tests pass with a short "test sleep" on my PC. For example,
> it looks weird to check that a sleep of 500 ms takes less 1.5 seconds:
> why not testing that the sleep takes less than 600 ms?

Because it's too tight for some systems.

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2014-03-13 15:32:27	pitrou	set	recipients: + pitrou, ncoghlan, vstinner, r.david.murray, serhiy.storchaka
2014-03-13 15:32:27	pitrou	link	issue20910 messages
2014-03-13 15:32:27	pitrou	create