[cmake-developers] CTest: Request review of topic "ctest-fix-run-serial"

[Casey Goodlett]

Thanks for the explanation.  In that case, the change looks good to me.


On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Nils Gladitz <nilsgladitz at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 23.10.2013 19:28, Casey Goodlett wrote:
>
>>
>> Bill and Nils
>>
>> Does this change the logic to run previously failed tests first or was
>> that already the case?  I am not sure whether or not this is a better
>> behavior.  Can running failed tests first be considered a separate
>> modification rather than part of the fix to running serial?
>>
>>  First of thanks for testing!
>
> Vanilla CTest 2.8.12 prioritizes failed test by changing their COST to
> some float maximum (only if a parallel test run is being performed) before
> generating the sorted test cost list.
>
> I tried to duplicate that behavior but did so without modifying the actual
> COST.
>
> Nils
>



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