Re: [HACKERS] Need a builtin way to run all tests faster manner

Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> writes:
> * Andres Freund (andres@anarazel.de) wrote:
>> I'm not quite sure what the best way to attack this is, but I think we
>> need to do something.

> I tend to agree with this, though I haven't got any great answers,
> unfortunately.

I don't want to reduce test coverage either.  I think the most painless
way to improve matters would just be to work harder on running tests in
parallel.  I think most devs these days do most of their work on 4- or
8-core machines, yet almost everything except the core regression tests
is depressingly serial.  I think we could likely get a 2x or better
reduction in total runtime without too much work just by attacking that.
        regards, tom lane