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Re: increasing default timeout significantly
- From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at linux-m68k dot org>
- To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 23:45:21 +0100
- Subject: Re: increasing default timeout significantly
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- References: <20160119211840 dot GJ14840 at vapier dot lan> <87r3hdxm2r dot fsf at igel dot home> <20160119222646 dot GL14840 at vapier dot lan>
Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> writes:
> in what way ? there are really only three states:
> - test doesn't set a timeout
> - a passing test doesn't care if you timeout in 2 sec or 1 year
> - a failing test would take longer to timeout now, but that test
> should already be logged, and i don't think this should affect
> the default to the detriment of the common case & valid systems
> - test sets a higher timeout
> - the custom timeout is still used
> - behavior is unchanged
> - test sets a lower timeout
> - the custom timeout is still used
> - behavior is unchanged
>
> now, if you mean "you should delete the #define TIMEOUT from all tests
> whose value is <=20", then yes, that's a cleanup that i'd probably do.
> but i wasn't going to bother updating >=50 files if we didn't want to
> accept the fundamental change i posted above.
That should have been part of the original submission.
Andreas.
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