On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 9:51 AM Paolo Carlini <paolo.carl...@oracle.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > On 14/01/19 15:35, Jakub Jelinek wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 03:15:05PM +0100, MCC CS wrote: > >> Thank you for the quick replies. I was inspired by > >> https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-help/2012-04/msg00223.html > >> but it seems, according to your comments, that was outdated. > > So, I don't really see what would help you replacing the testsuite > > framework, moreover, we have like 400k tests now and many of them > > use simpler or more complicated tcl expressions in them, including almost > > 2.5MB of pure tcl code. Replacing it with something different and > > incompatible is lots of work, especially when all you want is work around a > > bug in some broken OS. > > I'm not an expert but certainly there are long standing issues with > DejaGNU, well beyond perfornance, right? I remember Mark Mitchell doing > some work in this area which, as far as I can remember, had nothing to > do with performance per se. And, well, some of these issues are obvious > to explain, like not being able to check for *duplicate* error messages. > I remember briefly discussing this with Dodji in Manchester. > > Just wanted to make sure this kind of public discussion isn't completely > suppressed.
A few years ago, Rob Savoye mentioned that he had a plan for a replacement. - David
