I'm working on it.  That said, until we get the test_shell font stuff
ironed out, I don't think it'll be helpful to have to maintain a
tests_fixable list.  I have a builder running on my machine that runs the
tests.  We can use that until we have a good tests_fixable baseline.

tony

On Fri, 21 Nov 2008, Ian Fette wrote:

> Do we have any buildbots running these layout tests yet? If not, what do we
> have to do to accomplish this?
> 
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Evan Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >
> > As mentioned in a previous thread, we now have enough infrastructure
> > in place to run WebKit's layout tests on Linux.  Here's a bit more
> > info about how to get involved.
> >
> > If you build a test_shell executable the instructions on the
> > development site are a good place to start:
> >  http://dev.chromium.org/developers/testing/webkit-layout-tests
> >
> > Here's what we want to do, in rough order of priority:
> > 1) Be able to run all the tests without any of them hanging.  This is
> > especially important because it slows down the test runner.
> > 2) Be able to run all the tests without any of them crashing.
> > 3) Pass tests that don't rely on font metrics.
> > 4) Pass tests that rely on font metrics.
> > 5) Pass pixel tests.
> >
> > Right now our tests compare against our Windows-based baseline
> > expected output, which means, due to font rendering differences, the
> > outputs don't match exactly.  Some talented people are looking into
> > whether we can match Windows metrics (e.g. "disable antialiasing"), so
> > don't worry yet about tests that have different positional output --
> > we still have plenty of tests that are oughtright failing due to
> > missing code.
> >
> > If you start poking into something, it might help to mention it on IRC
> > so we can try to avoid duplicating effort.
> >
> > Finally, we've collected some Linux-specific tips and tricks here:
> >  http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/LayoutTestsLinux
> > In particular, you can run the tests within a nested X server which
> > means you can run them without them hijacking your computer, and in
> > theory we'll be able to run them in parallel in the future.  Please
> > edit that page (it's world-editable) with any other notes you may
> > have.
> >
> > >
> >
> 
> > 
> 

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