[webkit-dev] Why is the Windows WebKit2 bot slower than the SnowLeopard WebKit2 bot? (was: Re: Leopard Debug and Windows Debug test bots are too slow)

[Sam Weinig]

On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 5:15 AM, Adam Roben <aroben at apple.com> wrote:

> On Sep 10, 2010, at 8:11 AM, Adam Roben wrote:
>
> > It's interesting that ~45 minutes elapse between builds for the Windows
> WebKit2 bot, but only ~18 minutes elapse between builds for the SnowLeopard
> WebKit2 bot. We should figure out where the extra time is being spent!
>
> Looking at <
> http://build.webkit.org/builders/Windows%20Debug%20%28WebKit2%20Tests%29/builds/633>
> vs. <
> http://build.webkit.org/builders/SnowLeopard%20Intel%20Release%20%28WebKit2%20Tests%29/builds/1624
> >:
>
> jscore-test took 267 seconds on Windows vs. 18 seconds on SnowLeopard
> layout-test took 1711 seconds on Windows vs. 601 seconds on SnowLeopard
>
> That adds up to an extra 22.5 minutes on Windows, which explains most of
> the difference between the two.
>
> Perhaps the biggest issue is that Windows is using Debug builds, while Mac
> is using Release? Maybe we should change the Windows WebKit2 bot to use
> Release builds.
>
>
I think changing to use release would make sense.

-Sam
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