Rev 4625: NEWS entry and some cleanup for submission. in file:///home/vila/src/bzr/bugs/selftest/

[Vincent Ladeuil]

At file:///home/vila/src/bzr/bugs/selftest/

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revno: 4625
revision-id: v.ladeuil+lp at free.fr-20090819084204-fif179ckluj4gfjr
parent: v.ladeuil+lp at free.fr-20090818204520-aea1jsj2586r3ig7
committer: Vincent Ladeuil <v.ladeuil+lp at free.fr>
branch nick: selftest
timestamp: Wed 2009-08-19 10:42:04 +0200
message:
  NEWS entry and some cleanup for submission.
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=== modified file 'NEWS'
--- a/NEWS	2009-08-15 09:15:03 +0000
+++ b/NEWS	2009-08-19 08:42:04 +0000
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@
   --version`` and ``bzr selftest``.
   (Martin Pool, #409137)
 
+Testing
+*******
+
+* ``bzr selftest --parallel=fork`` now uses a better balancing algorithm
+  leading to a further ~25% reduction of the overall elapsed time. A new
+  ``-Eslices`` flag is available for selftest to display some statistics about
+  how the tests are distributed between the processes.
+  (Vincent Ladeuil)
+
 bzr 1.18
 ########
 

=== modified file 'bzrlib/tests/__init__.py'
--- a/bzrlib/tests/__init__.py	2009-08-18 20:45:20 +0000
+++ b/bzrlib/tests/__init__.py	2009-08-19 08:42:04 +0000
@@ -3046,6 +3046,9 @@
 
     import threading
     class TestInOtherProcess(object):
+        # Should be in subunit, I think. RBC.
+        # Or in testtools given the coupling with ConcurrentTestSuite ? --vila
+        # 20090819
 
         def __init__(self, suite_semaphore, rank):
             self.suite_semaphore = suite_semaphore