On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:24:18 -0700, Brion Vibber wrote: > Given a test matrix with multiple OSes, this ain't something individual > devs will be running in full over and over as they work. Assume > automated batch runs, which can be distributed over as many databases > and clients as you like. > > For small test subsets that are being used during testing the equation > still doesn't change much: reset the wiki to known state, run the tests. > Keep it simple! > > -- brion > > > On Thursday, September 23, 2010, Dan Nessett <dness...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:30:35 -0700, Brion Vibber wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Dan Nessett <dness...@yahoo.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Some have mentioned the possibility of using the wiki family logic to >>>> help achieve these objectives. Do you have any thoughts on this? If >>>> you think it is a good idea, how do we find out more about it? >>>> >>>> >>> I'd just treat it same as any other wiki. Whether you're running one >>> or multiple wiki instances out of one copy of the code base, it just >>> doesn't make a difference here. >>> >>> -- brion >> >> Not to hammer this point to hard, but there is another reason for >> supporting switching in of temporary resources. >> >> We have one worked example of a Selenium test - PagedTiffHandler. >> During the course of its execution, it uploads some tiff files to test >> some of its functionality. Currently, once an image is uploded, there >> is no way to completely delete it (short of drastic administrative >> action involving raw database manipulation). So, running >> PagedTiffHandler twice doesn't work unless you switch in temporary >> resources on each run that are then deleted at the end of the run. >> >> -- >> -- Dan Nessett >> >> >> _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list >> Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >>
I am very much in favor of keeping it simple. I think the issue is whether we will support more than one regression test (or individual test associated with a regression test) running concurrently on the same test wiki. If not, then I agree, no switching logic is necessary. -- -- Dan Nessett _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
