news: document improvement in parallel-tests performance
authorStefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Wed, 2 May 2012 16:04:25 +0000 (18:04 +0200)
committerStefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Wed, 2 May 2012 16:04:25 +0000 (18:04 +0200)
* NEWS: Document the improved performances of the parallel-tests targets
'check' and 'recheck'. See recent commits:

  - v1.12-20-gf5733aa of 2012-04-26,
    "parallel-tests: optimize 'recheck' target for speed"

  - v1.12-21-g5eeb366 of 2012-02-26,
    "parallel-tests: optimize global log creation"

  - v1.12-22-g4c2dd6e of 2012-04-30,
    "parallel-tests: save few forks when possible"

Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
NEWS

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6eeaf5d..6db2592 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ Bugs fixed in 1.12.1:
     a non-ANSI one, i.e., if the TERM environment variable has a value of
     "dumb".
 
+  - Several inefficiencies and poor performances in the implementation
+    of the parallel-tests 'check' and 'recheck' targets have been fixed.
+
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 New in 1.12: