Re: Running integration tests by default?

2008-01-08 Thread Donald Woods
I finally got the testsuite to run by setting up a new OpenSUSE 10.3 VM 
image with Maven 2.0.7 and Sun 1.5.0_13, but I'm still seeing the same 
mvn unit test failures when building some of the server plugins with 
car-maven-plugin.


Guess you guys with the Macs have such a controlled OS/Java setup, that 
you don't run into the problems that we Linux and Windows users often 
have... :-)



-Donald

Donald Woods wrote:
I have yet to get the testsuite to complete on my laptop running 
RHEL5u1.  Guess I need to find some time to debug each failure until I 
get down to the same number of failures Prasad gets on his automated 
runs


-Donald


David Jencks wrote:


On Jan 5, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Donald Woods wrote:

Taking another hour to run the IT tests on Tomcat and Jetty (on top 
of the 30 mins. to run a full build) is just too much wasted time in 
my busy schedule... :-)  Besides, we have Prasad's scheduled builds 
running with IT on several times a day, which is close enough to 
continuous builds to catch build breaks.


I'd rather see more automated builds with every build running the IT 
instead of forcing it as the default on all our developers.  If 
someone is working on an isolated piece of code (like Console 
portlets or non-core plugin like remote mgmt or clustering) then I 
don't see how always running IT would outweigh the decreased 
productivity of increased build times...


I don't think I understand your point of view yet.  IIUC we are 
discussing whether we want


A. mvn clean install runs the integration tests, and if you don't want 
to wait for them you can type ctrl-c at any point or run mvn clean 
install -P no-it


B. mvn clean install does not run the integration tests and if you do 
want them you type mvn clean install -P with-it


Obviously its not a lot of fun to wait around while the it tests run 
and I don't expect everyone to run them before most commits.  To me 
however its a good principle to run all the available tests before 
committing ( #1 below) so we should express that principle by making 
that happen in the default build ( # 2 below).  If in your judgement 
your changes are not likely to affect the integration tests you are 
free to not run them (#3 below), or indeed to not do a complete build 
of the server: I for one frequently don't do a full server build after 
changes I think are minor.  (Sometimes this results in me staying up 
very late trying to fix the build after I later discover I broke it)


I understand you don't want to run the integration tests before every 
commit, and I don't either and don't expect to.  I'm thinking more of 
the case when I've worked until 3 AM and think I have everything 
working so I do a full build overnight as a last check before 
committing in the morning. no way will I remember to type -P 
with-it but in this situation there's plenty of time to run all the 
integration tests and a big advantage to doing so.  If you are sitting 
around waiting for a build to complete and you forgot to type -P no-it 
you can still interrupt the build anytime you want -- after your 
module builds, after one assembly completes so you can try starting 
it, after some itests finish whenever you want.





Also, there have been 4 console tests broken for well over a week 
now, with no apparent rush to fix them, so everyone is now used to 
ignoring the Build Failure notices




I don't think you've been following closely, or my mail isn't 
working.  For quite a while there was an incompatible xbean version 
problem with openejb which Jarek identified and fixed on Jan 2.  We 
then had 8 successful 2.1 builds from Jan 2 to yesterday.  We've had 3 
failed builds since, one possibly anomolous in geronimo-system, and 2 
with the broken console tests you mention.  I ran the itests before my 
last commit and these console tests passed, and I am not a console 
expert, so I haven't looked into them yet.


However, whatever the specific facts about the current failures, I 
think we generally don't pay enough attention to itest failures.  
Personally running them myself a couple times a week is the best way 
I've thought of to keep them on my personal radar.  Do you have any 
ideas how to generally raise the level of attention paid to them?


thanks
david jencks




-Donald

David Jencks wrote:

On Jan 4, 2008, at 1:07 PM, Donald Woods wrote:
How about not running the integration tests by default and letting 
those who want them either 1) use a "-P testsuite" option from 
trunk or 2) run mvn inside the testsuite subdir?
(2) is what we had before my change and didn't work for me -- I 
never ran the testsuite.

My thinking on my change is:
1. Its better to run more tests.  For instance if you see a IT 
failure on your machine I think you are much more likely to fix it 
than if you have to wait for the notification from Prasad's 
automation.  I think this is why we have unit tests as well :-)
2. People are lazy and don't like to type, so the default 

Re: Running integration tests by default?

2008-01-06 Thread Donald Woods
I have yet to get the testsuite to complete on my laptop running 
RHEL5u1.  Guess I need to find some time to debug each failure until I 
get down to the same number of failures Prasad gets on his automated 
runs


-Donald


David Jencks wrote:


On Jan 5, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Donald Woods wrote:

Taking another hour to run the IT tests on Tomcat and Jetty (on top of 
the 30 mins. to run a full build) is just too much wasted time in my 
busy schedule... :-)  Besides, we have Prasad's scheduled builds 
running with IT on several times a day, which is close enough to 
continuous builds to catch build breaks.


I'd rather see more automated builds with every build running the IT 
instead of forcing it as the default on all our developers.  If 
someone is working on an isolated piece of code (like Console portlets 
or non-core plugin like remote mgmt or clustering) then I don't see 
how always running IT would outweigh the decreased productivity of 
increased build times...


I don't think I understand your point of view yet.  IIUC we are 
discussing whether we want


A. mvn clean install runs the integration tests, and if you don't want 
to wait for them you can type ctrl-c at any point or run mvn clean 
install -P no-it


B. mvn clean install does not run the integration tests and if you do 
want them you type mvn clean install -P with-it


Obviously its not a lot of fun to wait around while the it tests run and 
I don't expect everyone to run them before most commits.  To me however 
its a good principle to run all the available tests before committing ( 
#1 below) so we should express that principle by making that happen in 
the default build ( # 2 below).  If in your judgement your changes are 
not likely to affect the integration tests you are free to not run them 
(#3 below), or indeed to not do a complete build of the server: I for 
one frequently don't do a full server build after changes I think are 
minor.  (Sometimes this results in me staying up very late trying to fix 
the build after I later discover I broke it)


I understand you don't want to run the integration tests before every 
commit, and I don't either and don't expect to.  I'm thinking more of 
the case when I've worked until 3 AM and think I have everything working 
so I do a full build overnight as a last check before committing in the 
morning. no way will I remember to type -P with-it but in this 
situation there's plenty of time to run all the integration tests and a 
big advantage to doing so.  If you are sitting around waiting for a 
build to complete and you forgot to type -P no-it you can still 
interrupt the build anytime you want -- after your module builds, after 
one assembly completes so you can try starting it, after some itests 
finish whenever you want.





Also, there have been 4 console tests broken for well over a week now, 
with no apparent rush to fix them, so everyone is now used to ignoring 
the Build Failure notices




I don't think you've been following closely, or my mail isn't working.  
For quite a while there was an incompatible xbean version problem with 
openejb which Jarek identified and fixed on Jan 2.  We then had 8 
successful 2.1 builds from Jan 2 to yesterday.  We've had 3 failed 
builds since, one possibly anomolous in geronimo-system, and 2 with the 
broken console tests you mention.  I ran the itests before my last 
commit and these console tests passed, and I am not a console expert, so 
I haven't looked into them yet.


However, whatever the specific facts about the current failures, I think 
we generally don't pay enough attention to itest failures.  Personally 
running them myself a couple times a week is the best way I've thought 
of to keep them on my personal radar.  Do you have any ideas how to 
generally raise the level of attention paid to them?


thanks
david jencks




-Donald

David Jencks wrote:

On Jan 4, 2008, at 1:07 PM, Donald Woods wrote:
How about not running the integration tests by default and letting 
those who want them either 1) use a "-P testsuite" option from trunk 
or 2) run mvn inside the testsuite subdir?
(2) is what we had before my change and didn't work for me -- I never 
ran the testsuite.

My thinking on my change is:
1. Its better to run more tests.  For instance if you see a IT 
failure on your machine I think you are much more likely to fix it 
than if you have to wait for the notification from Prasad's 
automation.  I think this is why we have unit tests as well :-)
2. People are lazy and don't like to type, so the default option 
should include the maximum level of testing.
3. In the case of the testsuite, these are run after the rest of the 
build is complete, so you are free to interrupt the build if you get 
too bored/impatient.
Could you explain why you disagree with this or what factors you 
consider more important?

thanks
david jencks


-Donald


David Jencks wrote:

On Jan 2, 2008, at 7:58 AM, Prasad Kashyap wrote:

On Dec 31, 2007 4

Re: Running integration tests by default?

2008-01-05 Thread David Jencks


On Jan 5, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Donald Woods wrote:

Taking another hour to run the IT tests on Tomcat and Jetty (on top  
of the 30 mins. to run a full build) is just too much wasted time  
in my busy schedule... :-)  Besides, we have Prasad's scheduled  
builds running with IT on several times a day, which is close  
enough to continuous builds to catch build breaks.


I'd rather see more automated builds with every build running the  
IT instead of forcing it as the default on all our developers.  If  
someone is working on an isolated piece of code (like Console  
portlets or non-core plugin like remote mgmt or clustering) then I  
don't see how always running IT would outweigh the decreased  
productivity of increased build times...


I don't think I understand your point of view yet.  IIUC we are  
discussing whether we want


A. mvn clean install runs the integration tests, and if you don't  
want to wait for them you can type ctrl-c at any point or run mvn  
clean install -P no-it


B. mvn clean install does not run the integration tests and if you do  
want them you type mvn clean install -P with-it


Obviously its not a lot of fun to wait around while the it tests run  
and I don't expect everyone to run them before most commits.  To me  
however its a good principle to run all the available tests before  
committing ( #1 below) so we should express that principle by making  
that happen in the default build ( # 2 below).  If in your judgement  
your changes are not likely to affect the integration tests you are  
free to not run them (#3 below), or indeed to not do a complete build  
of the server: I for one frequently don't do a full server build  
after changes I think are minor.  (Sometimes this results in me  
staying up very late trying to fix the build after I later discover I  
broke it)


I understand you don't want to run the integration tests before every  
commit, and I don't either and don't expect to.  I'm thinking more of  
the case when I've worked until 3 AM and think I have everything  
working so I do a full build overnight as a last check before  
committing in the morning. no way will I remember to type -P with- 
it but in this situation there's plenty of time to run all the  
integration tests and a big advantage to doing so.  If you are  
sitting around waiting for a build to complete and you forgot to type  
-P no-it you can still interrupt the build anytime you want -- after  
your module builds, after one assembly completes so you can try  
starting it, after some itests finish whenever you want.





Also, there have been 4 console tests broken for well over a week  
now, with no apparent rush to fix them, so everyone is now used to  
ignoring the Build Failure notices




I don't think you've been following closely, or my mail isn't  
working.  For quite a while there was an incompatible xbean version  
problem with openejb which Jarek identified and fixed on Jan 2.  We  
then had 8 successful 2.1 builds from Jan 2 to yesterday.  We've had  
3 failed builds since, one possibly anomolous in geronimo-system, and  
2 with the broken console tests you mention.  I ran the itests before  
my last commit and these console tests passed, and I am not a console  
expert, so I haven't looked into them yet.


However, whatever the specific facts about the current failures, I  
think we generally don't pay enough attention to itest failures.   
Personally running them myself a couple times a week is the best way  
I've thought of to keep them on my personal radar.  Do you have any  
ideas how to generally raise the level of attention paid to them?


thanks
david jencks




-Donald

David Jencks wrote:

On Jan 4, 2008, at 1:07 PM, Donald Woods wrote:
How about not running the integration tests by default and  
letting those who want them either 1) use a "-P testsuite" option  
from trunk or 2) run mvn inside the testsuite subdir?
(2) is what we had before my change and didn't work for me -- I  
never ran the testsuite.

My thinking on my change is:
1. Its better to run more tests.  For instance if you see a IT  
failure on your machine I think you are much more likely to fix it  
than if you have to wait for the notification from Prasad's  
automation.  I think this is why we have unit tests as well :-)
2. People are lazy and don't like to type, so the default option  
should include the maximum level of testing.
3. In the case of the testsuite, these are run after the rest of  
the build is complete, so you are free to interrupt the build if  
you get too bored/impatient.
Could you explain why you disagree with this or what factors you  
consider more important?

thanks
david jencks


-Donald


David Jencks wrote:

On Jan 2, 2008, at 7:58 AM, Prasad Kashyap wrote:
On Dec 31, 2007 4:41 PM, David Jencks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
wrote:
First of all I appear to have broken the build last night with  
some

changes to get the roller plugin building again.  I think I've
managed t

Re: Running integration tests by default?

2008-01-05 Thread Donald Woods
Taking another hour to run the IT tests on Tomcat and Jetty (on top of 
the 30 mins. to run a full build) is just too much wasted time in my 
busy schedule... :-)  Besides, we have Prasad's scheduled builds running 
with IT on several times a day, which is close enough to continuous 
builds to catch build breaks.


I'd rather see more automated builds with every build running the IT 
instead of forcing it as the default on all our developers.  If someone 
is working on an isolated piece of code (like Console portlets or 
non-core plugin like remote mgmt or clustering) then I don't see how 
always running IT would outweigh the decreased productivity of increased 
build times...


Also, there have been 4 console tests broken for well over a week now, 
with no apparent rush to fix them, so everyone is now used to ignoring 
the Build Failure notices




-Donald

David Jencks wrote:


On Jan 4, 2008, at 1:07 PM, Donald Woods wrote:

How about not running the integration tests by default and letting 
those who want them either 1) use a "-P testsuite" option from trunk 
or 2) run mvn inside the testsuite subdir?
(2) is what we had before my change and didn't work for me -- I never 
ran the testsuite.


My thinking on my change is:

1. Its better to run more tests.  For instance if you see a IT failure 
on your machine I think you are much more likely to fix it than if you 
have to wait for the notification from Prasad's automation.  I think 
this is why we have unit tests as well :-)
2. People are lazy and don't like to type, so the default option should 
include the maximum level of testing.
3. In the case of the testsuite, these are run after the rest of the 
build is complete, so you are free to interrupt the build if you get too 
bored/impatient.


Could you explain why you disagree with this or what factors you 
consider more important?


thanks
david jencks



-Donald


David Jencks wrote:

On Jan 2, 2008, at 7:58 AM, Prasad Kashyap wrote:

On Dec 31, 2007 4:41 PM, David Jencks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

First of all I appear to have broken the build last night with some
changes to get the roller plugin building again.  I think I've
managed to fix all the problems -- the it tests all pass for me.  Let
me know if there are still problems.

I think its still too hard to run the integration tests.


I would like to know what exactly you think is hard about it. It would
be great if you could please share your thoughts and ideas on making
it simpler.
I didn't see a way to run the integration tests with the main build 
without a separate command.  Unless I can run everything in one 
command, I'm pretty sure laziness will take over and I won't run the 
integration tests.



I've made a
possibly annoying change so that the default build includes IT.  If
you don't want them run

mvn clean install -P no-it

If this is too annoying we could reverse the profiles and have the
default leave out the it as before and a with-it profile that
includes them.


Yeah. I think the default profile should not run the IT. IMHO, I think
it should not even run the unit tests by default. Developers (should)
run unit & IT tests before committing their code. And we have
automation builds with all tests that run 4 times a day anyways. So
the default profile can well do away with tests. But that may just be
my opinion.
After working through some hard problem and getting ready to commit 
the last thing anyone wants to do is remember a second command or 
even a command line option to run some tests: they are apt to type 
the simplest command that will check the build.  I think that command 
should run all the tests, including the integration tests.  Even 
though there's enough time to go eat dinner while they run, our most 
comprehensive checks will be run.  If you get too bored you can 
always stop the build after you think enough stuff has been checked, 
and if you remember you can run the build with options to turn off 
whatever tests you want to skip.
ApacheDS had their integration tests run using an option and most 
people did not run them due to the extra effort of trying to remember 
to type more on the command line.  I think they've changed so the 
integration tests are run by default.
I'm happy to keep talking about this and I'll be happy enough 
with a "with-it" option, but I think running everything by default is 
the best strategy.




Comments?

This might have bad effects on Prasad's automation but I'm not sure
how that is run.


For now, the automation builds have been modified to use the no-it 
profile.



thanks!
david jencks


thanks && Happy New Year!
david jencks


Happy New Year to ya'll !
Prasad





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Re: Running integration tests by default?

2008-01-04 Thread Shiva Kumar H R
On Jan 5, 2008 3:23 AM, David Jencks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> On Jan 4, 2008, at 1:07 PM, Donald Woods wrote:
>
> > How about not running the integration tests by default and letting
> > those who want them either 1) use a "-P testsuite" option from
> > trunk or 2) run mvn inside the testsuite subdir?
> (2) is what we had before my change and didn't work for me -- I never
> ran the testsuite.
>
> My thinking on my change is:
>
> 1. Its better to run more tests.  For instance if you see a IT
> failure on your machine I think you are much more likely to fix it
> than if you have to wait for the notification from Prasad's
> automation.  I think this is why we have unit tests as well :-)
> 2. People are lazy and don't like to type, so the default option
> should include the maximum level of testing.

+1. I never remembered and ran those IT tests by the way!


>
> 3. In the case of the testsuite, these are run after the rest of the
> build is complete, so you are free to interrupt the build if you get
> too bored/impatient.
>
> Could you explain why you disagree with this or what factors you
> consider more important?
>
> thanks
> david jencks
>
> >
> > -Donald
> >
> >
> > David Jencks wrote:
> >> On Jan 2, 2008, at 7:58 AM, Prasad Kashyap wrote:
> >>> On Dec 31, 2007 4:41 PM, David Jencks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>> wrote:
>  First of all I appear to have broken the build last night with some
>  changes to get the roller plugin building again.  I think I've
>  managed to fix all the problems -- the it tests all pass for
>  me.  Let
>  me know if there are still problems.
> 
>  I think its still too hard to run the integration tests.
> >>>
> >>> I would like to know what exactly you think is hard about it. It
> >>> would
> >>> be great if you could please share your thoughts and ideas on making
> >>> it simpler.
> >> I didn't see a way to run the integration tests with the main
> >> build without a separate command.  Unless I can run everything in
> >> one command, I'm pretty sure laziness will take over and I won't
> >> run the integration tests.
> >>>
>  I've made a
>  possibly annoying change so that the default build includes IT.  If
>  you don't want them run
> 
>  mvn clean install -P no-it
> 
>  If this is too annoying we could reverse the profiles and have the
>  default leave out the it as before and a with-it profile that
>  includes them.
> >>>
> >>> Yeah. I think the default profile should not run the IT. IMHO, I
> >>> think
> >>> it should not even run the unit tests by default. Developers
> >>> (should)
> >>> run unit & IT tests before committing their code. And we have
> >>> automation builds with all tests that run 4 times a day anyways. So
> >>> the default profile can well do away with tests. But that may
> >>> just be
> >>> my opinion.
> >> After working through some hard problem and getting ready to
> >> commit the last thing anyone wants to do is remember a second
> >> command or even a command line option to run some tests: they are
> >> apt to type the simplest command that will check the build.  I
> >> think that command should run all the tests, including the
> >> integration tests.  Even though there's enough time to go eat
> >> dinner while they run, our most comprehensive checks will be run.
> >> If you get too bored you can always stop the build after you think
> >> enough stuff has been checked, and if you remember you can run the
> >> build with options to turn off whatever tests you want to skip.
> >> ApacheDS had their integration tests run using an option and most
> >> people did not run them due to the extra effort of trying to
> >> remember to type more on the command line.  I think they've
> >> changed so the integration tests are run by default.
> >> I'm happy to keep talking about this and I'll be happy enough
> >> with a "with-it" option, but I think running everything by default
> >> is the best strategy.
> >>>
> 
>  Comments?
> 
>  This might have bad effects on Prasad's automation but I'm not sure
>  how that is run.
> >>>
> >>> For now, the automation builds have been modified to use the no-
> >>> it profile.
> >>>
> >> thanks!
> >> david jencks
> 
>  thanks && Happy New Year!
>  david jencks
> >>>
> >>> Happy New Year to ya'll !
> >>> Prasad
>
>


-- 
Thanks,
Shiva


Re: Running integration tests by default?

2008-01-04 Thread David Jencks


On Jan 4, 2008, at 1:07 PM, Donald Woods wrote:

How about not running the integration tests by default and letting  
those who want them either 1) use a "-P testsuite" option from  
trunk or 2) run mvn inside the testsuite subdir?
(2) is what we had before my change and didn't work for me -- I never  
ran the testsuite.


My thinking on my change is:

1. Its better to run more tests.  For instance if you see a IT  
failure on your machine I think you are much more likely to fix it  
than if you have to wait for the notification from Prasad's  
automation.  I think this is why we have unit tests as well :-)
2. People are lazy and don't like to type, so the default option  
should include the maximum level of testing.
3. In the case of the testsuite, these are run after the rest of the  
build is complete, so you are free to interrupt the build if you get  
too bored/impatient.


Could you explain why you disagree with this or what factors you  
consider more important?


thanks
david jencks



-Donald


David Jencks wrote:

On Jan 2, 2008, at 7:58 AM, Prasad Kashyap wrote:
On Dec 31, 2007 4:41 PM, David Jencks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
wrote:

First of all I appear to have broken the build last night with some
changes to get the roller plugin building again.  I think I've
managed to fix all the problems -- the it tests all pass for  
me.  Let

me know if there are still problems.

I think its still too hard to run the integration tests.


I would like to know what exactly you think is hard about it. It  
would

be great if you could please share your thoughts and ideas on making
it simpler.
I didn't see a way to run the integration tests with the main  
build without a separate command.  Unless I can run everything in  
one command, I'm pretty sure laziness will take over and I won't  
run the integration tests.



I've made a
possibly annoying change so that the default build includes IT.  If
you don't want them run

mvn clean install -P no-it

If this is too annoying we could reverse the profiles and have the
default leave out the it as before and a with-it profile that
includes them.


Yeah. I think the default profile should not run the IT. IMHO, I  
think
it should not even run the unit tests by default. Developers  
(should)

run unit & IT tests before committing their code. And we have
automation builds with all tests that run 4 times a day anyways. So
the default profile can well do away with tests. But that may  
just be

my opinion.
After working through some hard problem and getting ready to  
commit the last thing anyone wants to do is remember a second  
command or even a command line option to run some tests: they are  
apt to type the simplest command that will check the build.  I  
think that command should run all the tests, including the  
integration tests.  Even though there's enough time to go eat  
dinner while they run, our most comprehensive checks will be run.   
If you get too bored you can always stop the build after you think  
enough stuff has been checked, and if you remember you can run the  
build with options to turn off whatever tests you want to skip.
ApacheDS had their integration tests run using an option and most  
people did not run them due to the extra effort of trying to  
remember to type more on the command line.  I think they've  
changed so the integration tests are run by default.
I'm happy to keep talking about this and I'll be happy enough  
with a "with-it" option, but I think running everything by default  
is the best strategy.




Comments?

This might have bad effects on Prasad's automation but I'm not sure
how that is run.


For now, the automation builds have been modified to use the no- 
it profile.



thanks!
david jencks


thanks && Happy New Year!
david jencks


Happy New Year to ya'll !
Prasad




Re: Running integration tests by default?

2008-01-04 Thread Jacek Laskowski
On Dec 31, 2007 10:41 PM, David Jencks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I think its still too hard to run the integration tests.  I've made a
> possibly annoying change so that the default build includes IT.  If
> you don't want them run
>
> mvn clean install -P no-it

+1 (the developers should run the tests every small change and an hour
away from a computer will make our health better - no worries the
build's broken and more moves ;-)).

Jacek

-- 
Jacek Laskowski
http://www.JacekLaskowski.pl


Re: Running integration tests by default?

2008-01-04 Thread Donald Woods
How about not running the integration tests by default and letting those 
who want them either 1) use a "-P testsuite" option from trunk or 2) run 
mvn inside the testsuite subdir?


-Donald


David Jencks wrote:


On Jan 2, 2008, at 7:58 AM, Prasad Kashyap wrote:


On Dec 31, 2007 4:41 PM, David Jencks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

First of all I appear to have broken the build last night with some
changes to get the roller plugin building again.  I think I've
managed to fix all the problems -- the it tests all pass for me.  Let
me know if there are still problems.

I think its still too hard to run the integration tests.


I would like to know what exactly you think is hard about it. It would
be great if you could please share your thoughts and ideas on making
it simpler.


I didn't see a way to run the integration tests with the main build 
without a separate command.  Unless I can run everything in one command, 
I'm pretty sure laziness will take over and I won't run the integration 
tests.





I've made a
possibly annoying change so that the default build includes IT.  If
you don't want them run

mvn clean install -P no-it

If this is too annoying we could reverse the profiles and have the
default leave out the it as before and a with-it profile that
includes them.


Yeah. I think the default profile should not run the IT. IMHO, I think
it should not even run the unit tests by default. Developers (should)
run unit & IT tests before committing their code. And we have
automation builds with all tests that run 4 times a day anyways. So
the default profile can well do away with tests. But that may just be
my opinion.


After working through some hard problem and getting ready to commit the 
last thing anyone wants to do is remember a second command or even a 
command line option to run some tests: they are apt to type the simplest 
command that will check the build.  I think that command should run all 
the tests, including the integration tests.  Even though there's enough 
time to go eat dinner while they run, our most comprehensive checks will 
be run.  If you get too bored you can always stop the build after you 
think enough stuff has been checked, and if you remember you can run the 
build with options to turn off whatever tests you want to skip.


ApacheDS had their integration tests run using an option and most people 
did not run them due to the extra effort of trying to remember to type 
more on the command line.  I think they've changed so the integration 
tests are run by default.


I'm happy to keep talking about this and I'll be happy enough with a 
"with-it" option, but I think running everything by default is the best 
strategy.






Comments?

This might have bad effects on Prasad's automation but I'm not sure
how that is run.


For now, the automation builds have been modified to use the no-it 
profile.




thanks!
david jencks



thanks && Happy New Year!
david jencks


Happy New Year to ya'll !
Prasad





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Re: Running integration tests by default?

2008-01-02 Thread David Jencks


On Jan 2, 2008, at 7:58 AM, Prasad Kashyap wrote:


On Dec 31, 2007 4:41 PM, David Jencks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

First of all I appear to have broken the build last night with some
changes to get the roller plugin building again.  I think I've
managed to fix all the problems -- the it tests all pass for me.  Let
me know if there are still problems.

I think its still too hard to run the integration tests.


I would like to know what exactly you think is hard about it. It would
be great if you could please share your thoughts and ideas on making
it simpler.


I didn't see a way to run the integration tests with the main build  
without a separate command.  Unless I can run everything in one  
command, I'm pretty sure laziness will take over and I won't run the  
integration tests.





I've made a
possibly annoying change so that the default build includes IT.  If
you don't want them run

mvn clean install -P no-it

If this is too annoying we could reverse the profiles and have the
default leave out the it as before and a with-it profile that
includes them.


Yeah. I think the default profile should not run the IT. IMHO, I think
it should not even run the unit tests by default. Developers (should)
run unit & IT tests before committing their code. And we have
automation builds with all tests that run 4 times a day anyways. So
the default profile can well do away with tests. But that may just be
my opinion.


After working through some hard problem and getting ready to commit  
the last thing anyone wants to do is remember a second command or  
even a command line option to run some tests: they are apt to type  
the simplest command that will check the build.  I think that command  
should run all the tests, including the integration tests.  Even  
though there's enough time to go eat dinner while they run, our most  
comprehensive checks will be run.  If you get too bored you can  
always stop the build after you think enough stuff has been checked,  
and if you remember you can run the build with options to turn off  
whatever tests you want to skip.


ApacheDS had their integration tests run using an option and most  
people did not run them due to the extra effort of trying to remember  
to type more on the command line.  I think they've changed so the  
integration tests are run by default.


I'm happy to keep talking about this and I'll be happy enough  
with a "with-it" option, but I think running everything by default is  
the best strategy.






Comments?

This might have bad effects on Prasad's automation but I'm not sure
how that is run.


For now, the automation builds have been modified to use the no-it  
profile.




thanks!
david jencks



thanks && Happy New Year!
david jencks


Happy New Year to ya'll !
Prasad




Re: Running integration tests by default?

2008-01-02 Thread Prasad Kashyap
On Dec 31, 2007 4:41 PM, David Jencks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> First of all I appear to have broken the build last night with some
> changes to get the roller plugin building again.  I think I've
> managed to fix all the problems -- the it tests all pass for me.  Let
> me know if there are still problems.
>
> I think its still too hard to run the integration tests.

I would like to know what exactly you think is hard about it. It would
be great if you could please share your thoughts and ideas on making
it simpler.

> I've made a
> possibly annoying change so that the default build includes IT.  If
> you don't want them run
>
> mvn clean install -P no-it
>
> If this is too annoying we could reverse the profiles and have the
> default leave out the it as before and a with-it profile that
> includes them.

Yeah. I think the default profile should not run the IT. IMHO, I think
it should not even run the unit tests by default. Developers (should)
run unit & IT tests before committing their code. And we have
automation builds with all tests that run 4 times a day anyways. So
the default profile can well do away with tests. But that may just be
my opinion.

>
> Comments?
>
> This might have bad effects on Prasad's automation but I'm not sure
> how that is run.

For now, the automation builds have been modified to use the no-it profile.

>
> thanks && Happy New Year!
> david jencks

Happy New Year to ya'll !
Prasad


Running integration tests by default?

2007-12-31 Thread David Jencks
First of all I appear to have broken the build last night with some  
changes to get the roller plugin building again.  I think I've  
managed to fix all the problems -- the it tests all pass for me.  Let  
me know if there are still problems.


I think its still too hard to run the integration tests.  I've made a  
possibly annoying change so that the default build includes IT.  If  
you don't want them run


mvn clean install -P no-it

If this is too annoying we could reverse the profiles and have the  
default leave out the it as before and a with-it profile that  
includes them.


Comments?

This might have bad effects on Prasad's automation but I'm not sure  
how that is run.


thanks && Happy New Year!
david jencks