[New-bugs-announce] [issue12250] regrtest: make --timeout explicit

[Stefan Krah]

New submission from Stefan Krah <stefan-usenet at bytereef.org>:

The implicit timeout in regrtest.py makes it harder to write automated
test scripts for 3rd party modules. First, you have to remember to
set --timeout=0 for long running tests. Then, you have to remember
not to use the --timeout option when compiling --without-threads.

I'd much prefer that there's no timeout unless explicitly specified.
For the buildbots, I think this could be done in the Makefile.

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components: Tests
messages: 137507
nosy: haypo, michael.foord, skrah
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: regrtest: make --timeout explicit
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.3

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