Re: CI Test time

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2023-04-30 15:18:57

On 4/29/23 4:13 PM, Andrey Semashev via Boost wrote:
> On 4/29/23 23:45, Robert Ramey via Boost wrote:
>> Looks like the CI for the serialization library takes about 200 minutes
>> to run (on a good day).  When I run it on my local desktop for one
>> compiler/configuration it takes 1-2 minutes.  It seems to me that the
>> way that CI works, it entails a huge waste resources and time.  Has
>> anyone thought about this?
> 
> If you know where most overhead is coming from, you can work towards
> reducing that overhead. For example, you can save time wasted on
> environment setup and git checkout if you run tests for different
> configurations in one CI job.
> 
> If you want more specific comments then you probably have to provide
> more details on your problem.

Actually I have made very specific observations regarding the issue.  I 
didn't receive any useful feedback.  When I thinking about it's pretty 
easy to see why - the CI concept as implemented in boost is 
irretrievably broken.

Robert Ramey