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diff --git a/pod/perltodo.pod b/pod/perltodo.pod index feb2e715db..1987ea0be4 100644 --- a/pod/perltodo.pod +++ b/pod/perltodo.pod @@ -39,6 +39,34 @@ visual appeal of the HTML generated, and to avoid it having any validation errors. See also L</make HTML install work>, as the layout of installation tree is needed to improve the cross-linking. +=head2 Parallel testing + +The core regression test suite is getting ever more comprehensive, which has +the side effect that it takes longer to run. This isn't so good. Investigate +whether it would be feasible to give the harness script the B<option> of +running sets of tests in parallel. This would be useful for tests in +F<t/op/*.t> and F<t/uni/*.t> and maybe some sets of tests in F<lib/>. + +Questions to answer + +=over 4 + +=item 1 + +How does screen layout work when you're running more than one test? + +=item 2 + +How does the caller of test specify how many tests to run in parallel? + +=item 3 + +How do setup/teardown tests identify themselves? + +=back + +Pugs already does parallel testing - can their approach be re-used? + =head2 Make Schwern poorer We should have for everything. When all the core's modules are tested, |