Re: multi-threaded run-tests.php

So here it is my first attempt: http://gcov.php.net/~nlopess/multi_threaded_run_tests.txt WARNING: The patch is ugly and the output of the script isn't the prettiest. Anyway, for automated testing seems to be good enough. Nuno P.S.: after this little hack, I also start to feel that run-tests.php should be rewritten :P ""Nuno Lopes"" <nlopess@php.net> wrote: > Hi, > > Recently we have moved http://gcov.php.net to a new (and much > faster) > server. This allowed us to reduce the time to build all branches to "just" > 2 days (compared with almost one week that would take previously). > However I'm still not happy :P The server has 2x2 CPU cores and I would > like to use them :) Currently I can speed-up the make process, because it > can be parallelized (with -j xx). But the major time is still spent with > run-tests.php. > > So, what I would like to propose is a multi-threaded version of > run-tests.php. We could spawn x processes (configurable) and one of them > would test y extensions (I think it's better to have each extension's > tests tested serially or they may break, because they may use the same > resources: BDs, files, etc..). > > Any comments? > > Thanks, > Nuno