Bug#854422: ITP: multitime -- an to time which runs a command multiple times and gives detailed stats

[Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe@d.umn.edu>]

Is the subject missing a word?

"an *extension* to time..." ?

Thanks,

-m

On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 4:37 PM, Iustin Pop <iustin@debian.org> wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Iustin Pop <iustin@debian.org>
>
> * Package name    : multitime
>   Version         : 1.3
>   Upstream Author : Laurence Tratt <laurie@tratt.net>
> * URL             : http://tratt.net/laurie/src/multitime/
> * License         : BSD
>   Programming Lang: C
>   Description     : a time-like tool which does multiple runs
>
> Unix's time utility is a simple and often effective way of measuring
> how long a command takes to run ("wall time"). Unfortunately, running
> a command once can give misleading timings: the process may create a
> cache on its first execution, running faster subsequently; other
> processes may cause the command to be starved of CPU or IO time;
> etc. It is common to see people run time several times and take
> whichever values they feel most comfortable with. Inevitably, this
> causes problems.
>
> multitime is, in essence, a simple extension to time which runs a
> command multiple times and prints the timing means, standard
> deviations, mins, medians, and maxes having done so. This can give a
> much better understanding of the command's performance.
>