From: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2017 18:56:12 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] test-lib: add ability to cap the runtime of tests
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On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 10:48 PM, Christian Couder
<christian.couder@gmail.com> wrote:
>> when the hidden feature is _not_ used, so that wider set of people
>> will be forced to see that some tests take inordinate amount of
>> time, and entice at least some of them to look into it.
>
> I wonder if splitting tests would make a good GSoC microproject for next year.

That is an interesting thought.

It scales pretty well IMHO.
(Have a good student that works quickly
-> we'll have very modular tests at the end,
have a student doing a-ok
-> at least parts are converted and upstreamed)

On the other hand it requires knowledge of a lot of things
(shell scripting, different operating systems come to mind..)

I like the idea.