[Dev] 0.7 perf goals

Andi Vajda vajda at osafoundation.org
Tue Dec 6 12:59:09 PST 2005


> Alec Flett wrote:
>> I think a key component to avoid regressions is going to be getting
>> historical performance graphs - as they say, pictures speak louder than
>> words. (kidding) - but in all seriousness: I think we're not going to be
>> able to spot performance regressions if we're just looking at a graph of
>> today's performance numbers (which is what we have now) - I think we
>> need to look back at least 30 days and see if there has been a gradual
>> and/or sudden regression in numbers and the fastest way to do this is
>> with a graph.
>
> Yup, we have a bug on that. However, I also think that regressions that
> are large enough to notice immediately after checkin can and should be
> noticed and addressed in some manner that same day.

When we're close to a release, definitely. When we are at the beginning of a 
new development cycle, most likely not.

Andi..


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