armenzg: Hera Try Server Unit Tests status

The Mozilla@Seneca Hera Try Server has been able to run Unit Tests after uploading a patch during this week!

This is basically what it does:

• Upload a patch through thos form sendchange_test.cgi (You need credentials)
• The processchanges_test.pl in the build master checks the folder on the try server where the patch are and see if there is any one new. Right not it checks every 1 or 2mins but we will change this to incron (Upon new file creation - This means immediate response)
• The perl script copies all new patches locally and sends the buildbot a message "builbot sendchange"
• This triggers the buildbot to make the "tests" branch to get started
• It applies the patch to the latest source code, it builds, it uploads the build back to the try server through SCP and SSH (this allows the developer to download it) and it runs all 6 unit test suites against that build

Left to be done:

• Add incron for the processchanges_test.pl to run
• Put the waterfall view behind some security measures (We don't want random people to just "force builds" and loose CPU while we want identified users to be able to)
• Add ssh key pairs for the mac and the windows machine
• Create the slave on the windows machine
• Once done, clone all linux machines and the windows machines
• Modify the sendchange_test.cgi file to identify the user who uploaded the patch (right now, every patch says to be uploaded by "armenzg")
• Unify the sendchange_test.cgi form to allow users to upload patches and just get builds without "tests"
• It will be nice to notify the user when the builds are done OR when the unit tests are run (I do not know how)

Another idea - Regionalized builds

I believe that it would be a good project to allow the Hera server to spit back a regionalised build, using Rueen auto-localization tool. This obviously requires more research, but I believe it is viable project to try.

This post could have been much more technical and longer but I decided to KISS since I won't have time to spend time documenting until Tuesday or Wednesday.

armenzg: Where do I display the unit tests?

Unfortunately for me, the major system that I am implementing this semester has drained too many hours (~150hours accumulated) and that for being a SINGLE course is way too much. You can tell of this because the quantity of work I have generate for each release of my Mozilla project (integrate unit tests to Seneca's try server) is a one day worth of research and work. I expect that after this coming Wednesday (final run) I could rest of that project and dedicate myself to my Mozilla project and my upcoming exams.

For this release I will mention what I have tried and found out. Two major things that I have been working on and have to get done/fixed:

• The unit tests need a DISPLAY in which to show up. I tried to see what is going in the slaves and I have to do one of two things "get someone with root access to either set it to boot to runlevel 5, or do init 5 after it boots and that'll start up the desktop and you'll be able to log in via vmware console" OR "look up an Xvnc tutorial and figure it out (does not require root access :) )" (thanks a lot to rhelmer and I wish you the best!)
• Through "Seneca Buildbot Try Server - Unit Tests enabled (soon)"(for security reasons it needs credentials - Look at the screenshot) you will be able to upload a patch and will run the unit tests but for now I will have to see if the perl script is properly set up. So far I know that I can submit patches to the folder "patches" in the try server. This will have to be retrieved by the buildslave to apply it to the latest source code.
  

NOTE: If your force a build of the unit test column, you will see that I have removed a lot of the steps, just to be able to run the test as soon as possible