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[Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx>]

On 12.10.2015 19:47, Markus Hitter wrote:
> 
> As I'm shortly before providing my first commit I wonder what the
> testing procedures are to make sure a patch doesn't unintentionally
> break something else. Is there a recommended / required procedure?
> 
Hi Markus,

There's not much progress on regression tests side. Miguel was working
on a python-driven test suite.

> The other question is, what is the recommended procedure to roughly
> measure graphics performance? For example, Cairo canvas vs. software
> OpenGL canvas. Simply load larger and larger layouts until it feels slow?
> 
There's a simple timer measuring the frame render time. Compile Kicad in
debug mode and add -DPROFILE to build options.

Tom