[Dev] 0.7 perf goals

[Andi Vajda]

On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Heikki Toivonen wrote:

>> I was thinking about all the perf tests that start from an empty
>> repository.
>
> I considered the usefulness of these tests some while back, with the
> hope of being able to eliminate them, but decided to leave them. I think
> they help track down and fix the causes of the fixed perf costs, i.e.
> costs that are not dependent on the size of the repository. For example,
> creating new event even with empty repository takes about half a second
> (compared with up to 4 seconds with 3k events). For both of those cases
> the ideal goal is <0.1s, and to get there the fixed costs must still
> come down.
>
> If nobody else thinks those tests are useful we could stop running them.
> Opinions?

But aren't *all* perf tests currently starting from an empty repository ?
ie, the 3000 calendar is being first imported into an empty repo, then the 
test is run ? (yes, I know, there is a bug on that).

Andi..