Maybe that buildbot machine is just overloaded. If I understand the buildbot waterfall output correctly, it looks like there are often 4 simultaneous test runs happening on that machine, one each for 2.7, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.x.
http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/all/waterfall?builder=AMD64+Snow+Leopard+3.x&builder=AMD64+Snow+Leopard+3.2&builder=AMD64+Snow+Leopard+3.1&builder=AMD64+Snow+Leopard+2.7&builder=AMD64+Snow+Leopard+custom&reload=none
Maybe the buildbot config could be changed to stagger the builds a bit? Otherwise, perhaps it will often take a long time to run. On my system, a full run of just 3.x with a similar ./configure and regrtest parameters takes about 30 minutes by itself. |