[dmd-internals] What is the necessary to increase speed of merging?

[Sean Kelly]

It really doesn't even take all that much iron. The OSX test box is a previous-generation Mac Mini and it's far faster than the other test machines. I bet you could have 2-3 fast test boxes for under $1000 if you were willing to get mini tower PCs. 

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On Nov 11, 2011, at 10:42 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu <andrei at erdani.com> wrote:

> On 11/11/11 12:22 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
>> It usually takes a couple hours to merge a patch, if things go
>> smoothly. Most of that is running the test suite.
> 
> That suggests a simple investment of money in bigger iron could have a
> large positive impact on the development pace. This is NOT the time to
> be stingy, as being penny wise now means we're negatively impacting D's
> future - perhaps irreversibly. Walter, I'm ready to pay 50% of whatever
> machine you want to buy. Please contact me for details.
> 
> Kenji's post is symptomatic of a problem that I wished we'd have for a
> long time, and that I figured a few months ago it's inevitable: the
> bottleneck is not lack of contributions anymore, it's process and logistics.
> 
> Walter, we should discuss improving these areas ASAP.
> 
>>> Please answer this question, Walter. I'd like to improve the
>>> bottleneck.
>> 
>> I'd like to compliment you on how prolific, helpful, and correct your
>> patches have been. Thanks!
> 
> I'd like to join Walter, too, but let me also point out that in addition to thanking him, we need to *really* answer Kenji's question with a concerted course of action.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andrei
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